appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
in the same way as; just like
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
everything; anything; nothing
failure; mistake; blunder
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to repeat; to do something over again
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
surroundings; environs; circumference
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
river; stream; River; the ... river
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
authenticity; credibility
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
jinx; omen (can be a good omen)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy