to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
to be prominently ...; to be persistently ...
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
supply; provision; raising; procurement
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
how; in what way; how about; questionable
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way
to collapse into; to flop onto
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
father and mother; parents
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
to lure someone; to entice someone