proposal; offer; request; application
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
future prospects; promise
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
happy tears; tears of joy
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
out of character; unlike one
(a place) out of one's reach
carving; engraving; chiselled features
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
employment (long term); hire
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
just the other day; quite recently