opposite; reverse; contrary
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
number one; first; best; most; game; round
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
fragile article; breakables; broken article
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
going home from work; on the way home from work