damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
don't you think?; indicates question
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
man; male; masculine gender
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all