painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
number; number plate; license plate
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
ultimate; final; last; eventual
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
feeling; sense; impression
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
boy; son; baby boy; young man
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
hello; good day; good afternoon
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to complain; to make a complaint
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove