to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
contraception; birth control
powdered; powdery; pulverized
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
teaspoon; bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
pregnancy; conception; gestation
side effect; adverse reaction
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to like; to love; to be fond of
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
30th day of the month; 30 days
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
way of cooking; cookery; recipe
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
chilly; unpleasantly cold
call; summons; convening; convocation
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
official announcement; proclamation; issuance (of an order, ordinance, or warning)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
urgent report; urgent message
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
prefix for forming ordinal numbers