good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to spend time (on doing something)
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
government official; public servant; civil servant
derivation; development; offshoot
preface; introduction; preamble
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
verbal promise; one's word
still; even now; to this day
nothing but; except; no more than
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to crouch; to squat; to cower
genuine article; real thing; real deal
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much