emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
sensitivity; susceptibility
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
having lost face; in a bind
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
one-by-one; separately; in detail
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
sincere; honest; faithful
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
eternal; unlimited; endless
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
home area; home town; local
sweet and sour; bittersweet
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
production (e.g. play); direction
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
memories; recollections; reminiscence
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell