home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
at least; at most; (even) just
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
until now; so far; up to the present
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
sincere; honest; faithful
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
long ago; already; a long time ago
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
profiting while others fight
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