steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to curse (someone) to death; to put a deadly curse on (someone)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
tone (of voice); manner of talking
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
such ... as; or some such
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
shopping; purchased goods
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
sign; indication; omen; symptom
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
when it becomes; when it comes to
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
to mix; to stir; to blend
already; now; no longer; not any more
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of