to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
toning down; calming down; slowing down; mollification
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
dual nationality; dual citizenship
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
main cause; primary factor
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
sharply; harshly; stingingly
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
first meeting; first interview with
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish