futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
prickling; stinging; tingling
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to drink up; to drain (cup)
with a clink (click, clack)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)