given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
time; hour; period; class
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
breath; breathing; tone; mood
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
due form; official; formality
diagnosis; medical examination
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
when it becomes; when it comes to
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
partly open; in half bloom
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing