direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
had better ...; had better not ...
to gather; to collect; to assemble
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
scale; scope; plan; structure
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
time axis; time basis; timeline
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
to mow; to reap; to harvest
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
killing two birds with one stone
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
numerator; molecule; member; element
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
in accordance with plans; just as planned
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various