to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
everybody; every last one of them; all
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
guess; speculation; supposition
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
real intention; true motive; true meaning
how long; how far; how much
to pass (of time); to elapse
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)