wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
instability; insecurity; crankiness
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to spread; to be propagated
measure; measuring tape; measuring
difficult to ...; hard to ...
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
free (of charge); gratuitous
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
most part; greater part; majority
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
encryption; encipherment; password protection
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
approval; license; licence; permission
government office; agency; board
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
on business; for business; business purpose
periodic; regular; routine
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt