standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
trauma (usu. psychological)
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
hiding one's embarrassment
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
at that time; in those days
(political) power; authority; influence
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to abandon; to give up on; to desert