to shave off; to scrape off
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to live; to reside; to inhabit
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
kitchen; financial situation
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
shopping; purchased goods
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
letter; missive; note; mail
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest