excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
being filled with; being full of; permeation
running as fast as one can
in the earth; in the ground; underground
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to become desperate; to give way to despair
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
to take measures; to take steps
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
immature form (of an organism); young animal
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
to be like-minded; to have the same goal
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
ancient soldier's hat; common soldier; rank and file (of a political party)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit
urgency; exigency; emergency
running away; escaping on foot