to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
long military service; having experienced many battles
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
to watch over; to watch attentively
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to look forward to something
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
due form; official; formality
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
galactic empire (in science fiction)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
such; like that; that sort of; very
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
diploma; licence; license
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
business; trade; operations; sales
already; now; no longer; not any more
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated