club activities; extracurricular activities
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
nice; likeable; desirable
to squeeze out; to wring out
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
to discuss; to talk together
opposite; reverse; contrary
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
don't worry; no worries; never mind
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
sleepwalker; somnambulist
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
full of zeal; highly motivated; very eager
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
second day of the month; two days
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
tone (of voice); manner of talking
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously