illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
coarse (texture or grain)
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
what do you want?; can I help you?
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
first meeting; first interview with
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to be at a loss for words
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
profitable plan; good plan
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
river; stream; River; the ... river
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
simply; merely; only; solely
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
to happen to have on hand or in stock
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
reduction of salt; sodium restriction
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
everyday life; daily life
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty