desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
collection of books; (personal) library
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
traditional; customary; conventional
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
one's house; one's home; one's family
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
investigation; research; looking something up
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
hello; good day; good afternoon
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
counter for books; volume
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey