highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to attack; to assault; to assail
wide-awake to one's interests
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to be hesitant; to feel timid
negotiations; discussions; connection
to be roasted; to be parched; (arch.) to be irritated; (arch.) to be annoyed