a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
fall; drop; descent; coming down
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
tree (esp. a Christmas tree); tree (structure, diagram, etc.); thread (on Twitter)
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
late at night; at a late hour
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
morning; forenoon; just before noon
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
don't worry about it; forget about it
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend