with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
base (military, expedition, etc.)
due form; official; formality
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
just because; even if; even though
not necessarily so; is not always true
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
how; in what way; by what means
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
metre; meter; meter; gauge
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)