cellar; cave; hole in the ground
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
(opening of a) wound; cut
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
collaboration; joint work
serialization; serialisation; serial story
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
factory; plant; mill; workshop
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
pure literature; belles-lettres