to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to seek a path; to find one's way
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
division by 1000; one-thousandth
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you