for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
average; ordinary; normal
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; leptosomatic habit
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
silverware; silver tableware
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
what kind of; what sort of; what
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
leadership; initiative; spearhead
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
sign; indication; trace; touch; feeling of
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch