minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
together; at the same time; same; identical
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
Buddhist (household) altar
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
future (usually near); prospects
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
writing (e.g. as a profession)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
in a sense; in some way; to an extent