principle of laissez-faire
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
how many months?; how long?
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
review (of learned material); revision
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
land readjustment; town planning
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to join together; to combine; to join up
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section