to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to be too numerous; to be too much
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
the way back; the way home; return trip
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
how-to (book); self-help book
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
business ability; business acumen
heir; inheritor; successor
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
property; fortune; means; assets
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to spend time (on doing something)
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
close; intimate; on good terms
special; particular; peculiar; unique