speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
impossible; unlikely; improbable
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to turn completely into; to become completely
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
more than a friend (implies a degree of intimacy)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to overdo; to do too much
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
forevermore; for eternity
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
silence; stillness; quietness
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
management; administration; operation
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
respect and affection; love and respect
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than