clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
the opposite sex; isomerism
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
student marriage (esp. university, college, etc. students)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
to detain; to check; to restrain
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
way of asking; way of listening; listener
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty