explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
normalcy; normality; normal
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be at a loss for words
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
contraction; narrowing; stricture; stenosis
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
twice; again; second time
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
that is to say; so that means
how; in what way; by what means
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
ago; since; before; previous
such ... as; or some such
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
older brother; elder brother