at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to lose one's way; to get lost
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
hostility; animosity; enmity
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to shout (in anger); to yell
to be too late; to be too slow
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)