lately; recently; nowadays
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
single word; a few words; brief comment
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
left-hand radical of a character
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
question; inquiry; enquiry
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
circulation; dissemination
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show