ability; performance; efficiency
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
reason for being; raison d'être
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
that's the way it is; such is life
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive