to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to pause; to have a short intermission
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof