to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
by today; before the day is over
now that; since; so long as; because
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
household search (conducted by the police)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
answering machine; answerphone
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
how long; how far; how much
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death