to talk; to chat; to chatter
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
serious look (on one's face); straight face
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
talking while standing; standing around talking
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
chair; stool; post; office; position
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
for some (unspecified) reason
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
so; like this; in this way
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of