intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
beginning; outset; first; onset
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
in that way; like that; that way
strong pressure; heavy pressure
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
sunlight; rays of the Sun
mat; canvas (in boxing or wrestling)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
by myself; in person; by oneself
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
completion; perfection; accomplishment
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
to creep about; to crawl around
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie