assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to get distracted; to jump off the track
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
to comfort; to console; to amuse
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
helm; (ship's) steering wheel
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to mind; to care; to worry
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
action of making something; -ification
such; this sort of; like this
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
rising; ascending; climbing
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far