to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
official name; formal name
name; given name; first name
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
single word; a few words; brief comment
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
wooden building; wooden architecture
in one's own way or style
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to repeat; to do something over again
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
privately operated; private management
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to be helpful; to be useful
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless