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to eat; to live, to make a living, to survive; to bite, to sting (as insects do); to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of; to encroach on, to eat into, to consume; to defeat a superior, to threaten a position; to consume time, to consume resources; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)

to be based (on), to be founded (on), to be grounded (on), to be in accordance (with); to be due to, to come (from), to arise (from), to originate (in)

to face (each other), to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.), to be in response to, to be related to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with, to contrast with, to be in opposition with, to be opposed to; to confront, to oppose, to compete with

pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos; pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable; alack, alas

to produce, to yield, to cause; to result from, to arise, to be generated

absorbed in, immersed in, crazy about, obsessed with, devoted to; forgetting oneself, daze, trance, ecstasy, delirium; within a dream, while dreaming

approximately, about; promise, appointment, engagement; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

to cross (e.g. road), to traverse

to pile up, to accumulate; to estimate

to fit, to suit

to be hit, to strike; to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed; to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.); to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win; to be successful, to go well, to be a hit; to face, to confront; to lie (in the direction of); to undertake, to be assigned; to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted; to be called on (e.g. by a teacher); to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at; to be unnecessary; to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak; to feel a bite (in fishing); (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil; to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison); to shave; to be a relative of a person, to be a ... in relation to ..., to stand in a relationship

to fall down, to fall over; to turn out, to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize; to roll, to tumble; (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

to represent, to signify, to stand for; to reveal, to show, to display; to express; to make widely known

serious, earnest, sober, grave; honest, sincere

to recognize, to recognise, to observe, to notice; to deem, to judge, to assess; to approve, to deem acceptable, to allow; to admit, to accept, to confess (to a charge); to watch steadily, to observe carefully; to renown, to give renown to, to appreciate, to acknowledge

to rot, to go bad, to decay, to spoil, to fester, to decompose, to turn sour (e.g. milk); to corrode, to weather, to crumble; to become useless, to blunt, to weaken (from lack of practice); to become depraved, to be degenerate, to be morally bankrupt, to be corrupt; to be depressed, to be dispirited, to feel discouraged, to feel down; to have the audacity to, to be bastard enough to; to lose a bet; to be drenched, to become sopping wet

each (person), individually, one by one, one at a time, in turn

quarrel, brawl, fight, squabble, scuffle, argument

mouse, rat; dark gray, slate gray

without; unacceptable, not alright, unsatisfactory; nonexistent, not being (there)