mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
steady; sound; reliable; solid
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
maintenance; preservation; improvement
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
older sister; elder sister
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
give-and-take; give and take
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties
way of solving (a problem); solution
(period of) a year; during an era
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
very likely; very probable
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how