arbitration; intercession; mediation
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
troubled face; worried expression
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
rather; better; instead; if anything
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to taste; to try (food or drink)
although; though; despite the fact that ...
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
until now; so far; up to the present
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny