means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
supply; provision; service; supply
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to look around; to survey
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
imposing stance; daunting pose
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
such ... as; or some such
feeling; sense; impression
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
limbs; arms and legs; body
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances