to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
clearing one's throat; cough
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
repentance; confession; penitence
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to take back; to recapture
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
older sister; elder sister
dry riverbed; river beach
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
elder sister; older female friend
older sister and younger brother
profitable plan; good plan
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly