maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to be needed; to be wanted
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
whispering; murmuring; subdued
such; like that; that sort of; very
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
stupid brat; son of a bitch
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
sudden change; complete change
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
true character; real nature
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen