terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to not believe one's ears
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; laziness; fooling around
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
food and drink; eating and drinking
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
possible; likely; probable
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
fundraising campaign; donation (to a fundraising campaign); contribution; (political) campaign
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
administration (of medicine)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to comfort; to console; to amuse
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
100,000; hundred thousand
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
personality; character; individuality; personhood
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do