advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
like this; this sort; this way
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
let's not say (such things) to each other
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
alternately; by turns; one after the other
not to be depended on; of little hope
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down