highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
rebuilding; reconstruction; re-erection
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
destruction; collapse; crumbling
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
river management; river improvement; flood control
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
generation; the world; the age
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to hurt; to smart; to sting
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
to be surprised; to be astonished
hooting; jeering; heckling
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
format; procedure; way of proceeding
all; entire; whole; altogether
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out