good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to show up; to appear; to turn up
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
old hag; old woman; old bat
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
that's the way it is; such is life
deceiving; cheating; fooling
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike