to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
imagination; supposition; guess
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
surroundings; environs; circumference
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
preparations for returning (home)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
principal occupation; core business
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to degenerate; to lapse into
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
such ... as; or some such
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
in that manner; like that
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase