hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
clearing one's throat; cough
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
specialist training; upper-level course
to take (be in) charge of
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to become pale; to turn pale
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
love affair; love relationship
unwelcome; unwanted; undesirable
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
exemplar; model; example; pattern
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to correct oneself; to restate
in turns; alternately; in order
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of