symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
to take a breath; to take a short rest
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to be worried; to be troubled
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
speech and conduct; words and deeds
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
what do you want?; can I help you?
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to go out and away; to leave
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
trembling from fear; trembling all over
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to speak; to say; to vocalize