stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
materials; data; document
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to take; to catch; to capture
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to have a talk; to tell a story
complete; whole; perfect; safe
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be found; to be discovered
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation