beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
to start; to begin; to commence
clearing one's throat; cough
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
zip fastener; slide fastener; Zipper (tradename)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
teleconference; video conferencing
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
control circuit; controlling circuit
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
postponement; deferment; adjournment
drama; play; powerful drug
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
time; season; period; phase; stage
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to have an accident; to meet with an accident