to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
many; numerous; various; large number of
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
fourth day of the month; four days
land route; overland route; by land; overland
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
home area; home town; local
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
what do you want?; can I help you?
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
to pierce through; to break through
moron; idiot; stupid person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
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
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
please; somehow or other; one way or another
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!