guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
burr (e.g. on a machined edge)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
serious; severe; grave; acute
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
conviction; belief; confidence
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to refuse; to decline; to deny
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
rather; sooner; preferably
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
question; inquiry; enquiry
buried gold; buried treasure
that's the way it is; such is life
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
riskiness; (level of) danger
to brave a danger; to take a risk
act of mercy; helping another person
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan