storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
coming and going; commuting
sundry; various; assorted
periodic; regular; routine
one's principal residence; main home
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
recuperation; medical treatment
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
double; twice (as much); twofold