what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
close; intimate; on good terms
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
leading; guiding; commanding
thrift; economy; frugality
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
one by one; one after another; successively
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to be assiduous in one's business
to understand from experience
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
preparatory phase; preparatory period
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
trio; gang of three; threesome
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless