to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
nutriment; wholesome; savoriness; savouriness; rich food; nourishment
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
one's share; one's portion
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
rather; sooner; preferably
nothing but; except; no more than
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
no!; no no!; no, not at all
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
modesty; self-control; discretion
greedy; avaricious; covetous
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
as (for); for; in the capacity of
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why