duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
focus (of a camera, microscope, etc.); focus (of attention, efforts, etc.); photographing (someone) secretly; focus (in a graphical user interface); forecast (bet)
circulation; dissemination
reign; being on the throne
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. lie); specious; seemingly truthful
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
justification; rationalization
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
day by day; every day; by the day
to say things to ease one's mind
to drive into the ground (e.g. car); to ride to death (e.g. horse)
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
reasoning; logic; persuasion
mechanic; mechanical; mechanism; technique (e.g. in piano-playing)
marriageable age; chance of marriage
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to be torn off; to come off
block (of wood); chip; splinter
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
secret technique; secret art
nothing but; none other than
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)
admonitory speech (e.g. to students); words of admonition
tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory; saving
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre