time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
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
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
two (long cylindrical things)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
probability; likelihood; chances
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
such; this sort of; like this
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
although I say; although one might say; although called
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
how much; how many; to what extent
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old