advantage; benefit; profit; interest
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
the other day; a few days ago
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
is that so?; I see; right; oh
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
will not do; do not; does not
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
to succeed in doing; to see through; to manage to do; to finish doing
underworld; underside of society
master swordsman; skilled fencer
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)