after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
trifling; trivial; slight
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
area; region; district; locality
as much as one can; as much as possible
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
road approaching a shrine
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean