measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
nature; property; disposition
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
hostility; antagonism; opposition
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
while; during; while; although; all; both
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
surroundings; environs; circumference
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
headquarters; head office; main office
trio; gang of three; threesome
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
full signal strength (on a cellphone); good cellphone reception; (lit.) three bars
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone