assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)
water outlet; tap; faucet
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
use; utilization; utilisation; application
principle; theory; fundamental truth
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to use and then throw away
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to spit out; to eject; to dump
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
periodic; regular; routine
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
being filled with; being full of; permeation
three; three years of age