bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to care for someone; to look after someone
having said that; on the other hand
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
that's the way it is; such is life
breaking off; snapping off
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to begin; to set about; to start
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
manner of using one's hands
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to put into the mouth; to eat
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
Thames (UK, Canada) (river)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
but; however; provided that
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
reality; actuality; hard fact
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
environment; circumstance