busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
determination; resolution
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
made of cotton; cotton goods
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
combined unit; two-in-one unit; many-in-one unit; integrated model
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
inside; interior; inner part
substrate; (computer) circuit board
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people