frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
to subsist; to keep on living
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to ask; to enquire; to query
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
had better ...; had better not ...
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
casual speech; peer language; informal language
to be surprised; to be astonished
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
in the same way as; just like
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be frank; to drop all pretense
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
to give an impression; to make an impression
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit