to do for (the sake of someone else)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
whispering; murmuring; subdued
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
how long; how much; to what extent
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
how many people; a number of people
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
authentic work (as opposed to a fake)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante