Merlion; official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
sympathy; compassion; pity
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
sweating easily; profuse sweater
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
cold (to the touch); chilly
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
on the occasion of; at the time of
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
manners; behavior; behaviour
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
speaking voice; talking voice
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
number of syllabic sounds in a language
selective; optional; alternative
state of mind; mentality; psychology
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous