to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
some book; book about that subject; books
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
just a minute; small quantity
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
story; tale; talk; discussion
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
in the future; another day; later
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
after school (at the end of the day)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
two times; twice; two degrees
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
shopping; purchased goods
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy