manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging; going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
selection; choice; option
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
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
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
personality; character; individuality; personhood
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
to be helpful; to be useful
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to be found; to be discovered
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
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)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast