hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
image; figure; figure; form; image
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
preliminary arrangements; spade work
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
essential oil; volatile oil; refined oil
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to be helpful; to be useful
use; utilization; utilisation; application
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
cosmetics; toilet articles
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
to appease; to suppress; to calm
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
petty bourgeois; lower middle class