and; thereupon; because of that
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
village headman; village mayor
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
door; gate; opening; title page
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to rock; to shake; to swing
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
floor above; floor upstairs
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to have one's name entered (in a list)
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate