to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
knitting; knitted material; crochet
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
time; season; period; phase; stage
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
religious painting; religious picture
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
holding hands with fingers interlocked
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
reopening; resumption; restarting
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
with a friendly grin; smilingly
older sister; elder sister
feeling like friends; the feeling of friendship
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
although I say; although one might say; although called
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds