to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to be smeared; to be covered
open air; outdoors; outside
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
being concerned about or mindful of
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring