refined; genteel; graceful; decent
to ask; to enquire; to query
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to open (one's eyes) wide
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
honorific/polite/humble prefix
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
price increase; rise in price
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
something; some kind of; for some reason
content-free chat; idle gossip; watercooler talk
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other