store; shop; establishment; restaurant
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
older sister; lass; young lady
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
office hours; business hours; working hours
accurate; correct; precise; exact
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
if it is the case that ...
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to get between; to be caught in