lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
bedside; near one's pillow
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
all night long; all through the night
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)