to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
tenth day of the month; ten days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
article; news story; report; account
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
preparation; arrangements
company; corporation; workplace
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
transexual; gender swap (in fan fiction, etc.); genderswap; total station; tracking stock
myself; yourself; I; me; you
name; given name; first name
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
dozens; scores of; decades
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
war; fighting; fierce competition
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
long time; long interval; for quite some time
international politics; world politics
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
going through; going via; going by way of
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
after that; afterwards; thereafter