thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
obedience; submission; resignation
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
stepwise; one step at a time
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
maintaining the status quo
versatility; multiplicity of use
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)
drop (candy); drop (fall); curve ball with a vertical drop; dropping (an unplayable ball); dropping (mouse gesture)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
almost every day; almost daily
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
with a start; with a jump
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
earth (color, colour); earthen; ashen; deathly pale
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat