arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
subject; title; subject (of an email); subject line
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to manage something successfully; to be successful
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
single word; a few words; brief comment
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
unique; peculiar; singular
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen