email friend; email penpal
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
precognitive dream; foresight dream; prophetic dream
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
greatest mistake of one's life
present continuous tense; present progressive form
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
sublime; noble; high-minded
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
older brother and younger sister
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
right in the center (centre)
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
to assemble; to set up; to construct
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
middle of the night; dead of night
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
these guys; these fellows
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
one revolution; one rotation
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game