to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
in name only; titular; nominal
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
imagination; supposition; guess
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
you (plural); all of you; you all
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)