pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
having more losses than wins
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
3rd day of the month; three days
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
job hunting; job searching
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
short-tempered person; irritable person
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
practical question; practical problem; practical matter
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
hygiene; sanitation; cleanliness; toilet; restroom; bathroom
medical treatment; medical care