apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
food and drink; eating and drinking
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
just because; even if; even though
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to be helpful; to be useful
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove