finish; completion; the end
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
one's physical safety; personal security
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
tattling; telling on (someone)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
writing system using unconventional characters and symbols, esp. used by young women in texting
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
great laughter; burst of laughter
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
second marriage; remarriage
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
freely; frankly; without reserve