to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
results; record; grades; marks
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to detain; to check; to restrain
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
reaction; response; reaction
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into