beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
exactly as stated; verbatim
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
murder; killing; murderer
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to fall off; to tumble down
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homozygote; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans)
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to pierce through; to break through