to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
evening; night; nighttime
barque (three-masted sailing ship); bark; barc; bark (of a tree, etc.)
traditional (esp. fashion); trad; traditional jazz; trad jazz; Dixieland jazz
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
sympathy; compassion; pity
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
that's the way it is; such is life
rather; sooner; preferably
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
alone; by oneself; on one's own
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
marriageable age; chance of marriage
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age