effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
perfect score; full marks; perfection; grading out of a hundred; grading on a scale of 0 to 100
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
marking; grading; scoring
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
duty; obligation; responsibility
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to get on well (with someone); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
love ban; relationship ban; talent agency rule forbidding its clients from getting involved in romantic relationships
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
detestable; disagreeable; disgusting; odious; unpleasant; repugnant
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to ask; to enquire; to query
feeling; sense; impression
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
urgent; pressing; exigent
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to breathe out; to exhale
next; secondly; subsequently
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check