detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
since when; from when; how long
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
priority; order of precedence
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
second day of the month; two days
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
third day of the month; three days
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
desktop (computer); home (game console, CD player, etc.); non-portable; stationary
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
handheld game console; portable game console
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding