to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
beginning; outset; first; onset
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
when it becomes; when it comes to
thorough; exhaustive; complete
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
hating; strongly disliking
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
nothing but; except; no more than
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
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 descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure