noon; midday; daytime; lunch
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
beginning; outset; first; onset
you could say; you might say; verging on the
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
in name only; titular; nominal
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
secret; private; surreptitious
national border; provincial border
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
attendance; presence; appearance
former years; formerly; a few years ago
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to be found; to be discovered
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to be in danger of; to be liable to
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to