main question; real issue at hand
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
being startled; getting a shock
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
running as fast as one can
elementary level; beginner level
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
strong; resolute; firm; strict
forcibly; against one's will
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
as you see; as you can see
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
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