prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
business hours; opening hours; office hours
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to apologize; to apologise
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to employ; to hire; to charter
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
ordinary citizen; the general public
low (level, value, price, etc.)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
due form; official; formality
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
as you see; as you can see
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come