painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
LP (record); long-playing record; linear programming; line printer; laser printer; Liberal Party
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
master; teacher; stable master
how; in what way; how about
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
letting (someone) die without helping
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to smile (at); to grin (at)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)