breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
physical condition; state of health
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
telephone call; telephone (device)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to rise; to erect; to get up
extension phone (and its main line)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
I see; that's right; indeed
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)