way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
thick curtain; drop curtain
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
servile character (disposition)
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
dozens; scores of; decades
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
high window; clerestory window
in every way; in every aspect; from every angle
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
expression; presentation; representation; notation
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho