poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of)
why; how come; unfortunately; alas
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
interior design; interior; upholstery
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
moaning; muttering; complaining
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
cooperative buying; group buying; joint purchase
bunch of flowers; bouquet
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
protective film (e.g. for a smartphone)
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
than; other than; except; but
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of