technical skill; ability; capacity
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
literature; books (reference); document
occupational ability; function; role
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
source; origin; provenance; birthplace
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
tackling (to the ground); tackle (in rugby, hockey, etc.); tackle (position in American football); fishing tackle
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
both hands; both arms; ten
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound