bringing up; rearing; upbringing
to entrust; to leave to a person
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
first generation; founder
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
way of talking; speaking style
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
nape (of the neck); nucha
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.