to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
story; tale; talk; discussion
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
personage; person (deserving of respect)
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
that is to say; so that means
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to look away; to turn away
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
resignation; acceptance; consolation
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
although I say; although one might say; although called
heir; inheritor; successor
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
gnashingly (e.g. gritting one's teeth); with a grinding sound; with a creak
to discuss; to talk together
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like