sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
victim; injured party; sufferer
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
society; the world; the times
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
head; brains; intellect; understanding
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
attention seeker; look-at-me
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.)
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
and yet; though; when; in spite of
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly