to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
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defense; defence; guard; policing; security
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
to decide; to determine; to judge
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
orders; instructions; directive; command
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
will not do; do not; does not
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
(not) so much; (not) that much
arrogant; insolent; disdainful
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible