a few seconds; several seconds
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to ask; to enquire; to query
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
trifling; trivial; slight
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
straining; tensing up; trying too hard; overexertion; bravado; showing off
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
great difference; major mistake
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
gentle; mild; meek; tender
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
foreign; abroad; overseas
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
(death from) starvation; starving to death
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
confidence; trust; faith; credit
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)