to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
number of persons; personnel
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
himself; yourself; herself
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation