work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
one's own work; making by oneself
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
stale; hackneyed; cliched
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
only; merely; but; no more than
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
negotiations; discussions; connection
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
when it becomes; when it comes to
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations