switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
considerably; greatly; a lot
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
main question; real issue at hand
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
both hands; both arms; ten
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
when it becomes; when it comes to
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
in comparison to; rather than
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
senior high school student
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
foreign; abroad; overseas
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
startup; activation; bootstrap; startup company
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)