with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
conditionally; with conditions attached
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
(clenched) fist; knuckles
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
business discussion; negotiation
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to sew up; to sew together
tapestry; wall hanging; banner
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
grey (gray); gray (SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation)
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity