complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
specialization; specialisation
with a friendly grin; smilingly
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
different opinion; objection
lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.
consumption; expenditure; spending
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
the place for; the time for; the level of
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
utilization rate; usage rate; occupancy rate
to carry; to bring (to a place)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
tone (of voice); manner of talking
bet; wager; stake; gamble
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
manly; masculine; like a man
with a bang; with a bam; with a wham
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to comfort; to console; to amuse
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
rest; break; recess; intermission
to begin to walk; to set out
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
full tank (esp. of gasoline); full capacity (of a battery, receptacle, etc.)