satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
already; now; no longer; not any more
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
successively; one after another
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to order; to command; to appoint
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
alone; by oneself; on one's own
how many people; a number of people
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
again (and again); once again; yet again
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to shout (in anger); to yell
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season