anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
relatively; comparatively
second; number two; runner-up
to triumph; to be elated with success
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
around the world; throughout the world
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
surely; certainly; without doubt
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
when it becomes; when it comes to
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to put someone to trouble
to increase; to add to; to augment
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
way of solving (a problem); solution
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to comfort; to console; to amuse
considerably; greatly; a lot
to try and do something; to attempt to do something