chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
in high spirits; excited; energetic
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
how; in what way; by what means
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
antiquity; the previous era