demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); overprint
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
clearing one's throat; cough
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
genuine article; real thing; real deal
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
personal; individual; private
indicate reason; infers some protest
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
graded on N steps; scored out of N
tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
frequency (of occurrence)