to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
research; study; investigation
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
just because; even if; even though
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
that is to say; so that means
if it is (the case that ...)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat