to be helpful; to be useful
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
singing voice; (sound of) singing
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
hearsay; learning by hearsay
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
good humour (humor); good mood
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
songwriting (words and music)
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
to spit out; to eject; to dump
rebellious phase; rebellious age
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
only the results matter; it's all about the results
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to make one's own; to take possession of
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of