to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
journal; magazine; periodical
having no hobbies; lacking interests; humdrum; tasteless; prosaic; vulgar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
existence; possession; having; limited company
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
to relax; to feel at home
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
prone to complaining; petulant; querulous; grumpy
image of (an ideal) person
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
fast-talking; rapid talking
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things