winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
whichever one chooses; either way
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
trust; confidence; credence
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
validity; verification; propriety
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
had better ...; had better not ...
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
at the last moment; this late in the game
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
to go through formalities
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
close; intimate; on good terms
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative