Vocabulary

to lose (something)

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp

to be profitable; to yield a profit

to profit; to get; to earn; to gain

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

to shake; to sway; to rock; to swing; to tremble; to jolt

to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to mix in

to melt; to liquefy; to soften (e.g. through heat); to thaw

to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together

to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business)

to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to clear out

to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise

to abbreviate; to abridge; to shorten

to be popular; to come into fashion

to amass; to accumulate; to store

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)

to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air

to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool

to spill; to fall out of; to overflow

to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to treat with sympathy; to console; to be kind to

to finger; to touch; to play with; to fiddle with; to toy with

to leak; to run out

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble

to groan; to moan

to sniff; to smell

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

to whisper; to murmur

to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.)

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

to make; to manufacture; to fabricate