origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
weird; disgusting; sickening
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
treating (someone) like an object
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to leave behind (cargo, passengers, etc.)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
invitation; introduction; temptation
good humour (humor); good mood
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
present; gift; to give a present or gift
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
time for battle; military secrets; strategy
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
destruction; collapse; crumbling
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
fully prepared; all ready
encounter; engagement; battle
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew
obedience; submission; resignation
subordination; dependency
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
you could say; you might say; verging on the
reconciliation of interests; settlement of interests
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
difficult to ...; hard to ...
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?