ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
self-torturing; masochistic
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to recall; to remember; to recollect
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
duty; function; office; mission; task
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
participation; joining; entry; adherence
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
possible; likely; probable
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
letter; missive; note; mail
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
one thin flat object; one sheet
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim