television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
baseball player; ballplayer
anything and everything; just about everything
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
full view; plain sight; completely visible
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
to visit (someone) in hospital
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
make no progress; remain unsettled
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
contrived; false-sounding
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start