to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
passion; temper; irritability
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
whole nation; whole land; whole country
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
how long; how far; how much
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to keep a watchful eye on