to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
confections; sweets; candy; cake
having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
moderate; proper; just right
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
by today; before the day is over
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to have an eye on; to zero in on
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type
paper crane; origami crane
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds or rabbits
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal