to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to apologize; to apologise
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
while; during; while; although; all; both
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
trouble; bother; annoyance
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
of all things (days, etc.)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to gather; to collect; to assemble
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
in advance; beforehand; previously
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly