demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to attempt; to test; to try out
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to be helpful; to be useful
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
unseasonable; out of season
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
in the same way as; just like
trivial; not amounting to much
very much; very many; more and more
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
depending on the answer; hinging on the reply
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
these guys; these fellows