topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
rather; sooner; preferably
to find out; to discover; to locate
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
electric noticeboard; electric scoreboard; electric bulletin board
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
course; route; path; process; means
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
letter; missive; note; mail
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to accept; to receive; to agree
cruelty; hard-heartedness