hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
to talk; to chat; to chatter
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
speech; expression; wording; language
stepping back; drawing back
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
there is nothing; having nothing
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
always having a comeback; fast-talking
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
casual speech; peer language; informal language
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
soul food (African American cuisine); local comfort food; regional cuisine
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away