to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
another time; some other time
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
journal; magazine; periodical
funny story; funny anecdote
female high-school student
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
university student; college student
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to grow up; to become an adult
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely