to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
don't you think?; indicates question
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
profitable plan; good plan
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
much less; to say nothing of
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
you could say; you might say; verging on the
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
literally; to the letter; literal
left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
general; popular; common; typical
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
memories; recollections; reminiscence
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy