common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
to bring; to take; to bring about
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
adds force or indicates command
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to lose one's footing; to slip
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations