twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
failure; mistake; blunder
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
big talk; boasting; bragging
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
stairs; stairway; staircase
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
use; utilization; utilisation; application
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life