to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
invitation; introduction; temptation
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
seal (letters, documents, etc.)
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
comfort; consolation; diversion
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
manner (with others); attitude
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse