severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to practice; to practise; to train; to drill; to become practiced; to become practised
difference; variation; difference
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to push aside; to brush aside
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
pale; pallid; bluish-white
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
to cause someone to worry
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to have a meal; to take a meal
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment