to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
choice; selection; option
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to be found; to be discovered
difficult to ...; hard to ...
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
use; utilization; utilisation; application
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
slightly elevated; slightly higher (of a price); marginally up; edging higher
many; much; plenty; hardly
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
border (between countries); national border
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)