faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
joke; playfulness; kidding around
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
mechanism; organization; organisation
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
heaven and earth; top and bottom
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
connection; link; relationship
piling up; making a heap; laying bricks
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
very young; little; childish; immature
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
point where one has to accept one's fate; point where one has to give up; state of resignation; resigned state
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
to hide; to keep to oneself
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to comfort; to console; to amuse
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
correction; revision; rectification
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
disinheritance; disowning
coherence; order; focus; point
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo