meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
rotor; love egg; egg vibrator (sex toy)
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
very likely; very probable
materials; data; document
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
since when; from when; how long
even if; even though; however; no matter how
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
object of romantic interest
long (time that has passed); old (story)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
front; frontage; facade; main
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)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
sympathy; empathy; response
prejudice; bias; distorted view
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
seeing for the first time; first sight
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)