even though; despite; when
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
large number (of); many; majority
worry; mental agony; heartache
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
read-only memory; ROM; lurker (on a forum); read-only member
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
for a while; for some time; for a period
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
thickness; profundity; depth
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
undoubted; unmistakable; definite
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
worthy of special mention
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to use up all one's strength
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
inspection; examination; survey
cooperation; collaboration
to call together; to convene
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to order; to command; to appoint
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...