upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to make a speech; to address
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
common people; ordinary people; masses
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
had better ...; had better not ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)