strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
of course; certainly; naturally
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
product; produce; result; fruit
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
river; stream; River; the ... river
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
difference; discrepancy; variation
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
opposite bank; farther shore
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
dispersing; breaking up; running away
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
alternately; in succession
entreaty; appeal; petition
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
bribe; sweetener; douceur