to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
pointing out; identification
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to be late; to be unpunctual
(not) even once; (not) ever
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
technique; art; skill; move
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
penalty; sentence; punishment
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)