mystery; mysteriousness; secret
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
kiwi (Apteryx spp.); kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa)
hotcake; (American) pancake
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
vigorous for one's age; active despite one's years; hale and hearty; full of beans
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to stop talking; to be silent
sublime, magnificent beauty
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
bed and food; eating and sleeping
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise