irritating; aggravating; upsetting
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
second (unit of time); arc second
how; in what way; how about; questionable
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
writing; composition; essay; sentence
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
ordinary person; untitled individual
to apologize; to apologise
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
to be found; to be discovered
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to buy more (of something)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may