accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
the place for; the time for; the level of
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
striking; remarkable; considerable
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
odds and ends; all; every
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to walk about; to go out (here and there); to gad about
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me