century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to be erected; to be built
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
elementary level; beginner level
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
probability; likelihood; chances
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
beyond that point; after that
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
arrangement of stones in a garden
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
such; like that; that sort of; very
to go ahead; to pull ahead
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability