to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to be surprised; to be astonished
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
ago; since; before; previous
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
hostile relations; hostile relationship
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to ask; to enquire; to query
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after