ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to be surprised; to be astonished
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
complete stranger; total stranger
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
being bad at communication; being unsociable
state of mind; mentality; psychology
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to apologize; to apologise
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to get information out of a person; to begin listening