to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
descendant; posterity; offspring
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
one's own child; one's own children
to bring; to take; to bring about
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
anything and everything; just about everything
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
like this; in this way; as you see
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
long ago; a long time ago; already
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to join together; to combine; to join up
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
had better ...; had better not ...
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away