explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
function; facility; faculty; feature
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
in the same way as; just like
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be infected; to be contagious
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
older sister; lass; young lady
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on