grasp; catch; understanding
one day; (on) a certain day
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
how long; how far; how much
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to bring back; to restore
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
jacuzzi; jet bath spa; whirlpool bath
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
surroundings; environs; circumference
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else