to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
high blood pressure; hypertension
arteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
ongoing; in progress; afoot
heart attack; myocardial infarction
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
at first; in the beginning; originally
script reading; scenario reading; avid reader; bookworm; reading a book; reading books
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
forevermore; for eternity
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
one by one; one each; one at a time
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
3000; three thousand; many
calculator (electronic); pocket calculator
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
subscription (e.g. to a magazine)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.