to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
prevention; precaution; protection against
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
summertime; summer season
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
opposite side; opposition
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
older sister; lass; young lady
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
festival; feast; carnival
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
(inedible) midgut gland of a scallop
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
rule; reign; government; governing
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to move forward; to move on
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
early on; earlier on; from early
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
by all means; by all costs
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all