important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to be needed; to be wanted
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
personal organiser (e.g. Filofax)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
late at night; at a late hour
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
such ... as; or some such
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
control; management (e.g. of a business)