holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
estimate (of costs); budget
number of persons; personnel
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
the other day; a few days ago
exploitation; overuse; abuse
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
leisure; leisure time; spare time
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to find out; to discover; to locate
in comparison to; rather than
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
all night; throughout the night