to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
script; libretto; scenario
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
determination; resolution
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
by sheer strength; by brute force
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
appearance; expression; manifestation
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
cheap article; poor quality article
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
setting off (on a trip); departure
how to use (something); usage instructions; directions (for usage); use; usage
unusual space; other dimension
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
good-looking; fair; beautiful
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
intended use; intended purpose
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity