fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
incident; affair; happening; event
absence; disregard; indifference
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
fixed date; settlement date
news; word; tidings; omen
this is why; this means; it is the case that
came here; coming here; recently
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
while being out of the office or away from home
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
never mind!; don't worry about it
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
something; some kind of; for some reason
tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
refinement; narrowing-down