mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to prostrate oneself before
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
factory manager; works manager
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
preparation; arrangements
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)