to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
silly mistake; careless mistake
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
way of talking; speaking style
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
recommendation; endorsement
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
deviation; departure; omission
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
true state; actual condition; reality
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
common; ordinary; conventional; customary