average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to finish reading; to read through
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
precautions; warnings; matters to be attended to; things to note; suggestions; hints
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
still; even now; to this day
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
long ago; a long time ago; already
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
it's been a long time; long time no see
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check