economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
you could say; you might say; verging on the
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
society; public; community; social studies
objection; dissent; protest
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to recall; to remember; to recollect
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
had better ...; had better not ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
long slits (esp. of eyes)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
in that manner; like that
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to shake; to sway; to waver
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles; cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling