past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
story; tale; talk; discussion
please (give me); please (do for me)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
than; from; out of; except; but; more
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose