disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
on the occasion of; at the time of
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
and; thereupon; because of that
since when; from when; how long
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to pull in (fish); to land
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
unopened (state); with an unbroken seal
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
higher rank; better position
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
speech and conduct; words and deeds
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)
one of these days; someday; one day
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait