in comparison to; rather than
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to indicate; to show; to point to
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
again; once more; a second time
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
living; lifestyle; living room
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
because of; owing to; due to
now; the present time; just now; another; more
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)