according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
loss; defeat; counter for losses
quiz; short test; mini test
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
(distant) howling; backbiting
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
ability to ignore bad things happening to one; power to not get upset or worked up (by ignoring something)
to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to understand; to make out
to escape from; to get out
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
open; spacious; extensive
for today; for the time being
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
the same as always; day after day
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate