as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
confidentially; privately; off the record
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to increase; to add to; to augment
had better ...; had better not ...
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
whispering into a person's ear