elementary; basic; rudimentary
versatility; multiplicity of use
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
corridor; hallway; passageway
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
what do you want?; can I help you?
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
storage room; store room; lumber room
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
just because; even if; even though
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty