receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
penalty; sentence; punishment
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
knowing; (an) acquaintance
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to understand; to make out
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
rather; better; instead; if anything
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
contradiction; inconsistency
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
the relation of master to servant
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
other business; other use; using for another purpose
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement