displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
scrap lumber; piece of wood
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
button (clothing); push-button
manner of using one's hands
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
letter; missive; note; mail
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
casting pearls before swine; (lit.) (giving) a gold coin to a cat
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
bet; wager; stake; gamble
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
performance of one's official duties
chair; stool; post; office; position
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)