idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
don't worry about it; forget about it
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
at that time; in those days
system; institution; organization; organisation
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
from the beginning; from scratch
negotiations; discussions; connection
incident; affair; happening; event
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to stay (at); to stop (at)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to join together; to combine; to join up
different kind (species, variety); heterologous; heterogenous
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious