to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
all; entire; whole; altogether
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
several years; a few years
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
nothing but; except; no more than
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
on and after; from ... onward; since
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)