running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
mass communication; mass media
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
living thing; organism; creature; biology
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
minor collision; (have) a scrape (with another vehicle); fender bender
to live; to reside; to inhabit
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
expression; presentation; representation; notation
majority group (party, faction)
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
servant; manservant; menial
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
free (of charge); gratuitous