or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
Dawson (Canada); D'Ohsson; Dorson
inattention; absent-mindedness
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
food; food products; foodstuffs
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
store interior; inside of a shop
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
behind; in the rear; in back
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
moderate; proper; just right
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined