(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to gather; to collect; to assemble
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
living thing; living creature; animal; life
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
while; during (the time when)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
collaboration; joint work
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
instant; moment; for an instant
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
such ... as; or some such
please (give me); please (do for me)
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
beginning; outset; first; onset
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary