meditation; contemplation
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
manners; courtesy; etiquette
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
reason; cause; circumstances
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
great difference; major mistake
plume; ornamental feather
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
jingle; ding; ringing of small bells
consecutive; continuous; successive
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
beyond that point; after that
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
confirmation; certification; ascertainment
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
insubordination; disobedience
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
execution; punishment; spanking
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)