periodic; regular; routine
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
awkward (difficult) question
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
main cause; primary factor
to understand; to make out
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
choices; alternatives; options
never mind!; don't worry about it
to ask a question; to ask questions
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
resistance; opposition; obstruction; (electrical) insulating coating; insulating varnish