to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
while; during; while; although; all; both
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
big catch (fishing); good haul
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
spawning season; breeding season; laying period
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; season; period; phase; stage
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
how; in what way; how about
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
casting; cast-metal object
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on