considering something taboo; treating something as taboo
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
such; like that; in that way
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
ectogenesis; outside the body
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
journal; magazine; periodical
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
commuting to school; school commute
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
in case of; at that time; at this time
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
felt-tip pen; marker pen; felt pen