sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to rock; to shake; to swing
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
trouble; bother; annoyance
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
comparatively; relatively
goodness; excellence; virtue
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
popular person; favorite; favourite
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
desperately; for one's dear life
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly