with the exception of; excepting; excluding
woman; female; feminine gender
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
study; research; investigation
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
time; hour; period; class
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
item; something that one "just has to have"
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
I see; that's right; indeed
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
all; entire; whole; altogether
to attempt; to test; to try out
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to drink up; to drain (cup)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
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
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
living thing; organism; creature; biology