skilled manager; resourceful general
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
muddy water; red-light district
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
recovery; undoing; recall
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to employ; to hire; to charter
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
one more time; once more; once again
pronunciation; production of sound
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
questions and answers; dialogue
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)