force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
charming; fascinating; beautiful; elegant; graceful; sweet
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
time; hour; period; class
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
being on duty; person on duty
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
in that way; like that; that way
determination; resolution
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
curse; spell; malediction
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to speak; to hear a voice
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination