something or other; one thing or another; this or that
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to yell; to rant; to rave
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to happen to meet; to come across
interruption; suspension; break
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be needed; to be wanted
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
with these words; while saying
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder