uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
just past noon; afternoon
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
together with; same; both; all; including ...
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
no!; no no!; no, not at all
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
take the opportunity to (do something else)
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
existence; possession; having; limited company
statue; picture; picture revealing character
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to be worried; to be troubled
silence (not speaking); muteness
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time