indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
if so; in that case; in that situation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
since when; from when; how long
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
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
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
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)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means