well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
mental; spiritual; emotional
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
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
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
store interior; inside of a shop
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
thick with smoke, moisture or odor; hard to breathe (air)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
naturally; of course; understandably
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to face; to go towards; to head towards
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?