charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to be similar (to); to be akin (to); to be like
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to be unable to do; to not be in a position to do
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
root; joint; base; crotch
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails; to fool around; to mess around; to lark about
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
same type; same model; isomorphism; homotypy
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
to go into the minutest details
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
way; method; means; (technical) specification
increase in production; production increase