once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to apologize; to apologise
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
in comparison to; rather than