rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
coincident with; while; simultaneously
(one) letter; (one) character
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to grimace; to make a wry face
to stop (plug) one's ears
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
looks; personal appearance; features
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
to say; to be called; to do
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
single word; a few words; brief comment
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to be discouraged; to shrink from
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
comma; decimal point; radix point
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
that's the way it is; such is life