characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
plow (esp. horse or ox-drawn); plough
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to hide; to keep to oneself
front; frontage; facade; main
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
such; this sort of; like this
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
remarkable; striking; obvious
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to entrust; to leave to a person
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
surely; certainly; without doubt
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to