near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
kind; sort; species; species
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
communication skills; communication ability
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
interruption; suspension; break
again; once more; a second time
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
both (people); the two of them
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
moment by moment; hour by hour
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with