sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
such ... as; or some such
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
responsibility; duty; obligation
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to be too numerous; to be too much
way out; means to escape; escape route
that's the way it is; such is life
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
existence; being; presence
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
white silk; prime; principle
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
root; source; origin; cause
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
absorption; suction; attraction
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up