interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
long (time); protracted; prolonged
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
such; like that; that sort of
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
difficult to ...; hard to ...
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
while; even though; despite
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
racial discrimination; racism
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
supreme; sublime; highest
to shout (in anger); to yell
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
feeling; sense; impression