marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
support; backing; aid; assistance
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer
trade; buying and selling
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
police; police officer; police station
civil affairs; civil case
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
transactions; dealings; business
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
power; authority; jurisdiction
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
influence; clout; leverage
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
hostility; animosity; enmity
to like; to love; to be fond of
discussion; debate; argument