to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
(not so) much; (not) very
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
how; in what way; by what means
opinion; point of view; visual point
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to talk; to chat; to chatter
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
that's the way it is; such is life
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
serious; not joking; straight
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to pick up; to find; to gather
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding