manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
whistle (sound made with the lips)
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to get angry; to become perverse
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to stiffen; to become stiff
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
severe earthquake; violent tremor
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
root; source; origin; cause
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble