to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to move forward; to move on
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
invisibly; secretly; privately
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to grimace; to make a wry face
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
if you think about it; come to think of it
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
genuine article; real thing; real deal
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent