in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to use X as a selling point
performer; entertainer; celebrity
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to live; to make a living; to get on with
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
in the same manner as before; the same as always
immediately; right away; on the spot
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to subsist; to keep on living
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful