some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
source of information; intelligence source; message source
due form; official; formality
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
to look around; to survey
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
calling by name; designation; nomination
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
now that; since; so long as; because
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
full dress; formal dress; uniform
very likely; very probable
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
the reason is ...; it is because ...
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
first thing in the morning
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point