certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
had better ...; had better not ...
what is it exactly?; what is it precisely
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
being very busy; busyness
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
third day of the month; three days
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on