slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
from the beginning; from scratch
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
just a minute; small quantity
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
how; in what way; by what means
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
three-second rule (food hygiene myth); three seconds rule (basketball)
second (unit of time); arc second
TV blooper; broadcasting blunder
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
now that; since; so long as; because
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
suffix for familiar person
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss