to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
person of doubtful origin
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
six (long cylindrical things)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
debate; panel discussion; forum
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
explanation; interpretation
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
sympathy; empathy; response
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
air conditioning; air cooling
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
the same as always; day after day
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated