ability; performance; efficiency
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to
serious; severe; grave; acute
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
diplomatic; diplomatically
small number; few; minority
independent unit; autonomous unit
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
to serve; to work for; to attend
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
how long; how far; how much
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely