large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
over-fond parent; doting parent
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
one day; (on) a certain day
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
striking; remarkable; considerable
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous