to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to be torn off; to come off
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; (lit.) good medicine tastes bitter
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
only one (person, thing); sole; highest; best; custom-made
hair (on the head); (a) hair
brush (for painting, basting, etc.)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
tips of one's hair; hair ends
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
rather; better; instead; if anything