procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
connection; link; relationship
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
stirring; slight movement
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
three; three years of age
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
full payment; liquidation
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to be injured; to sustain a wound
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
members; member; constituent
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
(social) position; status
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)