to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to make one feel grateful
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
distributed, decentralized arrangement
centimeter (esp. of cannon caliber, etc.)
foundation stone; cornerstone
to apportion; to share; to divide and give out
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
prohibited item; banned item
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
deviation; departure; omission
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
last position; previous job; predecessor
pleased to make your acquaintance
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
half and half; fifty-fifty
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
period of maturity; adolescence; puberty
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to leave (a scene); to step away