to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
there being no use in arguing (about it)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
G; g; gram; (acceleration due to) gravity; giga-; gravitational constant; gauss
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
to shake; to sway; to waver
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up