work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
by means of; due to; because of; according to
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
healthy; sound; wholesome
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
button (clothing); push-button
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
talk; story; conversation
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr; irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; (arch.) crying of a baby
to feel; to sense; to experience
to be needed; to be wanted
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
so; like this; in this way
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
minimum; at the very least
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
almost; roughly; approximately