reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
arbitration; intercession; mediation
hand used like a sword in striking
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
complete stranger; total stranger
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
a second time; again; once more; twice
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
victim; injured party; sufferer
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter