to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
calling by name; designation; nomination
working in the fields; working on a farm
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
to be exhausted; to be worn out
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
(following) a pragmatic (policy) line (approach)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
schedule; program; programme; agenda
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to plunder; to capture; to seize; to snatch away; to steal; to grab away
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour