origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
romantic; spicy; coquettish
charges; billing; paying for items in online games
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
bent back; hunchback; stoop
shit video game; embarrassingly bad video game
returned goods; returning purchased goods
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to buy online; to make an online purchase
funny story; funny anecdote
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
every person; each one; everybody
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
after school (at the end of the day)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
common (of objects, abstract things); usual
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
holding two or more positions concurrently
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
race (of people); type of person
to be helpful; to be useful
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation