to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
observation; survey; watching
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
anything and everything; just about everything
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
small fraction; small proportion
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
general; overall; across-the-board
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
excessive; too much; unreasonable
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
like this; this sort; this way
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around