isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
follower; attendant; valet; servant
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
difficult to ...; hard to ...
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
that's the way it is; such is life
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
one way or the other; either way
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
several weeks; a few weeks
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
busy; having no (free) time
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)