to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
number of times; frequency; count
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined
section manager; section chief
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to need; to call for; to require
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
unrequited love; one-sided love
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish