people; men and women; each person; everybody
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
collection of books; (personal) library
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
distant look; faraway look
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
rather; better; instead; if anything
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
body; physical system; (the) person
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
over-fond parent; doting parent
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
right to know; right to access information
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
settlement; solution; resolution
interruption; interference; butting in
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
particularly; only; in the case of
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist