hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
then; and (then); in that case; if so
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)
convenient; handy; useful
at that time; in those days
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
genuine article; real thing; real deal