to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
reconciliation; make peace with
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
point of compromise; common ground
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
rather; better; instead; if anything
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
giga-; 10^9; gigabyte; GB; data traffic (esp. on mobile phone)
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
cold reception; unwelcoming treatment
example; simile; metaphor; allegory