occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
high and low (social standing)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to recall; to remember; to recollect
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
upper reaches of a river; upstream
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
sympathy; compassion; pity
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
being about to cry; the verge of tears
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)