the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
doing whatever one pleases
urbanization; urbanisation
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
sincere; honest; faithful
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
government office; agency; board
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
just because; even if; even though
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
loitering; hanging around; wandering around