tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
self-justification; excuse
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
the ocean; the great deep
to throw into; to toss into
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
at that time; in those days
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
gossip; corner of the mouth
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
gazing at (in wonderment)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
chair; stool; post; office; position
fourth day of the month; four days
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
health; healthy; sound; fit
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to have a meal; to take a meal
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before