license system; licence system; permit system; approval basis
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
please (give me); please (do for me)
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
how; in what way; how about
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
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 become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance