companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
how long; how far; how much
acquaintance; appreciative friend
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
that; the matter in question
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to like; to love; to be fond of
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
station; office; guardroom
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
beginning; outset; first; onset
news; word; tidings; omen
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to investigate; to examine
doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence