is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to lure someone; to entice someone
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
stuffing; mounting; stuffed animal
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
useful thing; usable article
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
incessant talking; rapid talking
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning