tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to be perturbed; to be agitated
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
influence; clout; leverage
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
if it is (the case that ...)
taste; liking; preference
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
such; like that; that sort of
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
selection; choice; screening
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
warmly; cordially; with tender care
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
one end; an end; part; fragment