moment by moment; hour by hour
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to mind; to care; to worry
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
end; close; conclusion; termination
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
in proportion to; according to; depending on
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to be compatible (with); to be in harmony; to coexist
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
(having) two choices; choice between two things
choices; alternatives; options
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to wring the neck; to strangle