invitation; introduction; temptation
to be discouraged; to shrink from
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
choices; alternatives; options
telephone book; telephone directory
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
something or other; anything
preface; introduction; preamble
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
cooperation; collaboration
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to say no more; to sink into silence
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to accept; to receive; to agree
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific