waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
rather; sooner; preferably
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
resentment; indignation; anger
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
how; in what way; how about
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
if it is the case that ...
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
in spite of; regardless of
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
that's true; of course; obviously
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)