to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
hello; good day; good afternoon
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
illumination; decorative lighting
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
of no interest; not interested
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to do over and over again; to have sex repeatedly
second day of the month; two days
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
neighbourhood; neighborhood
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
of course; certainly; naturally
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
Christmas Eve; holy night
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to telephone; to make a phone call
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases