to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to begin; to set about; to start
cooperation; collaboration
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
eccentric; crank; oddball
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
company; corporation; workplace
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material