indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
question; inquiry; enquiry
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to be worried; to be troubled
demotion; relegation; downgrading
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
for example; for instance; e.g.
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
equality; impartiality; evenness
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
preference; priority; precedence
back street; back alley; off-street
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
number of persons; personnel
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set