is it?; isn't it?; be; is
tone (of voice); manner of talking
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
wincing; cowering; shrinking; flinching; recoiling
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to get deeper in debt; to pile up debts
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
how; in what way; how about
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
something like ...; something called ...
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)