composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
to be dependable; to be reliable
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching