to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
alone; by oneself; on one's own
meaning; significance; sense
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
living thing; living creature; animal; life
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
everybody; every last one of them; all
society; the world; the times
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
chatter mark (machine tools)
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)