to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
already; now; no longer; not any more
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
progress; advance; improvement; development
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
to watch over; to watch attentively
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
several people; a few people
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
wherein; therein; thereinto
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?