event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to discuss; to talk together
reconciliation; make peace with
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
instead; but (on the other hand)
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
gem; jewel; precious stone
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
general; popular; common; typical
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to look away; to avert one's eyes
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
single word; a few words; brief comment
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode