to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
to head home; to leave for home
the opposite direction; the other way
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to do something distinguished; to perform great deeds; to distinguish oneself (e.g. in war)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
counter for books; volume
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to concern; to be related
literature; books (reference); document
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
expression; look; countenance; face
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person