near; close; beside; third person
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
interior design; interior; upholstery
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
one's house; one's home; one's family
to feel depressed; to be down
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); chloride
wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to do for (the sake of someone else)
low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate
good-quality; superior in quality
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)