I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to go out and away; to leave
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
social; societal; societary
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
longing for others; wanting company
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else