to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
accurate; correct; precise; exact
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
how; in what way; by what means
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
secretly having a dark past; having a guilty conscience
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
to incur someone's enmity
members; member; constituent
prize money; monetary award; reward
bounty hunter; bounty hunting
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis