returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
preference; priority; precedence
conferring of decorations
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
This isn't over; I will get my revenge
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
I have nothing to do with it
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to behead; to decapitate; to fire; to dismiss
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
impossible; unlikely; improbable
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
management; administration; operation
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
way (of doing); manner; method; means
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...