worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
that; the matter in question
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
in comparison to; rather than
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
tedious; boring; being fed up with
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
consequence; outcome; result; blame
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
while; during; while; although; all; both
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
interference; meddling; butting in
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon