10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
such ... as; or some such
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
Securities and Exchange Commission; SEC
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
still (continuing); as ever; further
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
imagination; supposition; guess
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
human relations; personal relationships
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
don't you think?; indicates question
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
infirmary (at a school, workplace, etc.); health center; nurse's office; nurse's room; sickroom; sick bay
trivial; not amounting to much
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
school nurse; nurse teacher; health teacher
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
experiment; experimentation
physical condition; state of health; shape
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date