standard; set; routine; decided
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
to that degree; that much; a lot; very much
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
large number (of); many; majority
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
that's the way it is; such is life
to agree on; to agree about
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
work-in-progress; working state
International Trade Commission; ITC; Independent Television Commission; ITC; International Trade Center; ITC; integrated traffic control
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
number of times; frequency; count
to give directions; to issue instructions
schedule; program; programme; itinerary
materials; data; document
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
script; libretto; scenario
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only