to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
innermost depths of one's heart
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
as if nothing had happened
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
society; the world; the times
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
when it becomes; when it comes to
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
uniforms provided for workers (by the employer); something forced upon one; something imposed on one
properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to steal; to rob; to take away
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at