expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
custody; detention; confinement
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
thorough; exhaustive; complete
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
difference; variation; difference
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to lose heart; to lose motivation
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to rest against the wall; to lean against a wall
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
essence; true nature; substance; reality
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution