even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
rest; break; recess; intermission
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
because of; owing to; due to
going to and fro; back and forth
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission