board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
heartstrings; innermost soul
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to fall ill; to be taken ill
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up