tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
(giving) instruction; initiation
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
patting; stroking; caressing
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
choices; alternatives; options
meaning; significance; sense
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
too much; excessively; too
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
never mind!; don't worry about it
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
the same (age, social status); peer
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
supreme; sublime; highest
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
stagnation; hindrance; delay