to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
how; in what way; by what means
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
rational; reasonable; logical
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
unfortunately; regrettably
genuine; authentic; true; real
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
ladybug; ladybird; lady beetle; Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)