feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
way one walks; one's walk
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to go out and away; to leave
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
how; in what way; by what means
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
personal identification number; PIN; password number
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
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
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)