the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
pointing out; identification
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
difficult to ...; hard to ...
the other day; a few days ago
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to get tired out; to be exhausted
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
removing one's hat; admiring (someone) greatly; taking one's hat off to
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
simply; merely; only; solely
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
difficult to hear; hard to hear; unpleasant to hear; painful to hear; difficult to ask
had better ...; had better not ...
expression; look; countenance; face
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
imagination; supposition; guess
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)