truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
way of using (something); usage; use; directions (for use)
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
speaking voice; talking voice
curious; strange; unusual
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
eternal sleep; eternal rest; passing away; death
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
dealing with; coping with
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable