personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
story; tale; talk; discussion
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
at once; immediately; right now
that's the way it is; such is life
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
back off!; leave me alone!
voting; ballot; poll; vote
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
your husband; her husband
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid