loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
on the occasion of; at the time of
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
fair and square; open and aboveboard
dealing with; coping with
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
thank you for your continued patronage
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till