safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
secret; private; surreptitious
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to gather; to collect; to assemble
of course; certainly; naturally
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
each individual; each person
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
tune (melody, piece of music)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
practice, practice, practice; (only) practice makes perfect
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
region; limits; stage; level
musical composition; tune
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
playing (instrument); playing method; touch
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis