graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
function; facility; faculty; feature
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
club activities; extracurricular activities
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
button (clothing); push-button
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
this world; this life; world of the living
pair; two kinds; two ways
(a place) within one's reach
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
how; in what way; in what manner
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
piece; fragment; one (object)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty