gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
power; might; authority; influence
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
whoosh (of water); hiss (of a cat, snake, etc.); sizzle
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
driver (of a vehicle); motorist; screwdriver; driver (club); (device) driver
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
system; institution; organization; organisation
to have a talk; to tell a story
first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard