to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
national road; national highway
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
use; utilization; utilisation; application
taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to join (cloth, wood, etc.)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to peel off and fall; to flake away
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
very likely; very probable
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
partly open; in half bloom
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole