sensual love; love affair
sorry; too bad (for you)!; tough luck!
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
without; but if; otherwise; or else
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
genuine article; real thing; real deal
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
depending on; dependent on
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
very interesting; of great interest
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
back street; back alley; off-street
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)