inspection; examination; survey
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
without; but if; otherwise; or else
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
our country; our land; one's own country
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
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)
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
traditional; customary; conventional
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
recreation; diversion; relaxation
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
curse; spell; malediction
shut-in; stay-at-home; recluse; (lit.) security officer of one's own home
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky