to think too much; to be over-concerned
waiting for the traffic lights to change
news programme; news program
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
start of work; commencement; opening
email software; email program; mail program
because of; owing to; due to
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
oily (face, hair, food, etc.); persistent (person, personality, etc.); insistent
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
first thing in the morning
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
tedious; boring; being fed up with
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak