to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
B class; B grade; second rate
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
door; gate; opening; title page
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to approach; to draw near
(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
feeling; sense; impression
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
suffix for familiar person
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency