joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to look away; to turn away
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to be worried; to be troubled
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
verbal message; word (from someone)
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
servant; manservant; menial
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
childish; child-like; innocent; naive