to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
reception room; parlor; parlour
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
such; like that; that sort of; very
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to be at a loss for words
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
like that; that way; thus
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at