to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
too much; excessively; too
scale; scope; plan; structure
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
a person without a single relative
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to have a talk; to tell a story
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher