calculation; self-interest; selfishness
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
to be too numerous; to be too much
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
such; like that; that sort of; very
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
besides; moreover; in addition
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
increase in activity; activation
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
individual; private person; personal; private
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err