to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to dye; to colour; to color
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
no matter how much time passes
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to frolic about; to mess around
meanwhile; in the meantime
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
profitable plan; good plan
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
in one's own way or style
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed