world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
how many people; a number of people
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
difficult to ...; hard to ...
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
failure; mistake; blunder
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
viewing as a problem; problematizing
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
scale; scope; plan; structure
still; even now; to this day
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to spread; to be propagated
almost; roughly; approximately
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
registration; accession; register; entry; record
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
talking while standing; standing around talking