to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
health; healthy; sound; fit
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to be too numerous; to be too much
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
indeed; really; truly; very much
not necessarily so; is not always true
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
handful; small amount; small number
thousands; several thousand
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
to employ; to hire; to charter
coach and four; four horse coach
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into