liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
support; backing; patronage
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to be intimate with; to befriend
registrant; subscriber; enrollee
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
one person; another name; nickname; alias
middle of the night; dead of night
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
how should I know?; don't ask me
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
(distinction of) sex; gender
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency