great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
court (of law); courtroom
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
just because; even if; even though
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
literally; to the letter; literal
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone