interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
one by one; one after another; successively
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
called; known as; that; to say
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
several minutes; a few minutes
maintenance; preservation; improvement
physical condition; state of health; shape
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
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 hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
loss of eyesight; loss of sight; going blind; blindness
to fall ill; to be taken ill
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
every year; yearly; annually
health hazard; health damage
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing