charges; billing; paying for items in online games
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
objection; dissent; protest
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to be found; to be discovered
to cut corners; to be shoddy
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
topic of discussion; agenda
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
spring break; spring vacation
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make