to do for (the sake of someone else)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
number of persons; personnel
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
attendance; presence; appearance
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
leading; guiding; commanding
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to worry about the future
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
actual sales; sell-through
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
hostility; animosity; enmity
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan