older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to feel; to sense; to experience
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
though; notwithstanding; although
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
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)
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
don't worry about it; forget about it
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
preference; priority; precedence
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
separate; special; another; separately
to have the privilege of doing
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
amount of money; sum of money
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses