indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to cause a person trouble
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
difference; variation; difference
one's share; one's portion
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
reality; actuality; hard fact
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
rather; sooner; preferably
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
sense of smell; olfaction
rising; ascending; climbing
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?