to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to finish; to end; to close
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
just because; even if; even though
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to yell; to rant; to rave
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
they; those guys; those fellows
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
either way; in any case; one way or another
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
before the gate; in front of the gate
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
while moving; on the move
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
no!; no no!; no, not at all
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to overflow; to brim over; to flood