no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
compensating; making up for; supplementation
(necessary) personnel; required person
early (days); initial stage; initial
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
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)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
charges; billing; paying for items in online games
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to forget completely; to leave behind
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
in one's own way or style
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
important post; important office; key position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
donor; contributor; provider
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
registration; accession; register; entry; record
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort