to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
to anticipate; to foresee
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
meaning; connotation; denotation
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
to stay (at); to stop (at)
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
I thought so; I suspected as much; just as I thought; now you're talking; that's the spirit
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
innermost depths of one's heart
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to become settled; to be fixed
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
group; bunch; crowd; group
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
-less; lacking; non-existing
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
to take someone's life; to kill someone
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
troublesome; annoying; complicated
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through