vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
space (room, area, outer space)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to look down on; to make light of
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to be intimate with; to befriend
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
in person; personally; (do) oneself
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to smash; to break into pieces
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances