fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
order; sequence; procedure
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
retention; maintenance; preservation
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
token (effort); something done for form's sake
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
writing; composition; essay; sentence
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
establishment; settlement
to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off