completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
to keep (a person) waiting
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
convenient; handy; useful
cripple; disabled person; invalid
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
prohibition; inhibition; ban
powerful medicine; strong poison
international law; law of nations
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
reading too much into (what ... says)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
but; however; provided that
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
pointing out; identification
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations