to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
cosmetics; toilet articles
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
man; male; masculine gender
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
don't worry about it; forget about it
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to detain; to check; to restrain
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
though one didn't intend (expect) to
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to fall off; to tumble down
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)