understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
dispute; argument; contention
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
different item; different lot
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
nightlife districts; drinking districts
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be too numerous; to be too much
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
castle town; fortified town
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
the reverse; other side; lining
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt