loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity; reduction of quantity
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
midwinter; dead of winter
to pass (of time); to elapse
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; season; period; phase; stage
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to recall; to remember; to recollect
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
engraving a seal; engraved seal; engraving; inscribing; brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
beloved wife; cherishing one's wife
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way