head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
making a living copying or writing
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to tire; to weary; to exhaust; to fatigue
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to choke; to have trouble breathing
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
gem; jewel; precious stone
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
reason; logic; method; system; order
kindness; largeheartedness
purse; wallet; billfold; cashbox; till
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)