skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
(very) selfish; self-centered; self-centred; without consulting anybody (else)
to have a meal; to take a meal
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
android; artificial human; robot
to accept; to receive; to agree
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
to come from; to have roots in
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
difference; variation; difference
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit