usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
wet nurse; nursing mother
to employ; to hire; to charter
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart
already; now; no longer; not any more
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
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)
name; given name; first name
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
(present) head of a family
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy