spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
to lean against; to set against
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
transceiver (send and receive)
machine parts; machinery; equipment
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
other than; excluding; without
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
conference room; council room
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
to anticipate; to foresee
delusion; trick of the imagination
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
successive generations; successive emperors
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
substitution; replacement; permutation; substitution; displacement
to complain; to make a complaint
back country; remote countryside
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
permanent; perpetual; lasting