to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
class; heading; group; category
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
final; eventual; ultimate
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
absolutely; positively; decidedly