to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
family chart and personal history
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
without; but if; otherwise; or else
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
if it is the case that ...
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
imagination; supposition; guess
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
fishing; collecting shells; fisherman
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to be the ruin of (a person)
sincere; honest; faithful
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
unmarried; not yet married
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)