effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to speak; to say; to vocalize
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
failure; mistake; blunder
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
way; method; means; resource; course