sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
family-centered sitcom; TV drama of family life; soap opera
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hey there; I say; see here
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness