(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
meaning; connotation; denotation
self-consciousness; self-awareness
pronunciation; production of sound
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; (public) hearing
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
odds and ends; all; every
insertion; incorporation; infixing
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
sign; indication; omen; symptom
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
duty; function; office; mission; task
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
battlefield; battleground
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to remove; to move out of the way
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to have a talk; to tell a story
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
in one's own way or style
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to blow off; to be blown off
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel