obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
meathead; muscle head; person who is obsessed with bodybuilding
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
many children; large family
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
association; union; guild
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
spider's thread; spider silk
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
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 overflow; to brim over; to flood
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
troublesome; annoying; complicated
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
beautification; glorification
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample