interval; break; pause; spare moment
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
in comparison to; rather than
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
to some extent; to a certain extent
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
so; like this; in this way
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
cooperation; collaboration
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about