seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to solicit; to demand; to extort
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
this world; this life; world of the living
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to put on airs; to assume importance
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
jointly sealed covenant; compact under joint signatures; petition
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!