present; gift; to give a present or gift
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to recall; to remember; to recollect
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
instant; moment; for an instant
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
number one; first; best; most; game; round
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to talk; to chat; to chatter
failure; mistake; blunder
the last moment; the very end
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
after that; afterwards; thereafter
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
academic journal; learned journal
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)