thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
all; entire; whole; altogether
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
gradually; slowly but steadily
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
time; season; period; phase; stage
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to be needed; to be wanted
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
go that far; to that extent
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
clearing one's throat; cough
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
corridor; hallway; passageway
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
deadly serious; deadly earnest