renewal; update; innovation; improvement
periodic; regular; routine
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
access counter; Web counter
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
transactions; dealings; business
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to come back; to return; to recur
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
though one didn't intend (expect) to
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
you (plural); all of you; you all
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to examine someone's expression
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood