quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to indicate; to show; to point to
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
several people; a few people
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to check; to stop; to keep back
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
to have a talk; to tell a story
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
with a start; with a jump
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
right beside; close to; nearby
to go past; to pass; to pass by