emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
establishment; settlement
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
without cause; without reason
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
electricity; (electric) light
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
low dining table; tea table
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
settlement; solution; resolution
reinforcement; strengthening
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
pointing out; identification
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to overdo; to do too much
how; in what way; I wonder
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
in one's own way or style