what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to get one's head around; to think about
second time at life (oft. jokingly of precocious children); reincarnation
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
home; household; family; hearth
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
seat at a table; place at a table
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to amuse oneself; to make merry
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
promotion; raising of status
many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
destination (one is heading towards); goal
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
this world; this life; this generation; present day
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in