to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
river; stream; River; the ... river
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
motherland; fatherland; native country
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom; rock in the Rhine
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
underground; subterranean
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one machine; one aircraft; one life
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
vise; jack; vice; immorality; vice-
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
site; point on a map; spot
while moving; on the move
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing