adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
to be silent; to say nothing
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
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
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
since when; from when; how long
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to leave this world; to die
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
expression; presentation; representation; notation
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
to mix; to stir; to blend