request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
literature; books (reference); document
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to be too numerous; to be too much
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
establishment; settlement
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
dried stiff (esp. of something sticky)
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back