force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
many; numerous; various; large number of
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
that's the way it is; such is life
study; research; investigation
letter dropped in the road; Japanese insect
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
and then; and so; and; so then
poppy seed; pinhead-like; small as ants
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum)
aquatic (life); living in the water
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
early on; earlier on; from early
while; during; while; although; all; both
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
difficult to ...; hard to ...
together (with); at the same time; in a lump