minimum price; floor price
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
written estimate; quotation; quote
second day of the month; two days
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
I see; that's right; indeed
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
lot (production); batch; lotto
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
planning; project; plan; design
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
premature joy; short-lived elation
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to shine in (light); to illuminate
sudden rise (esp. of stock prices); jump
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down