to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to (seem) eager to; to want to; to be anxious to
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to waste time; to kill time
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
wherein; therein; thereinto
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
each time it happens; at all such times
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability