sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
eruption; volcanic eruption
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to finger; to tamper (with)
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
be (that) as it may; having said that
good humour (humor); good mood
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
to grow up; to become an adult
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
concession; conciliation; compromise
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
such; this sort of; like this
light color; light colour
to wash away; to rinse off
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to comfort; to console; to amuse
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
to refer to; to use as reference
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but