close; intimate; on good terms
mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
correction; revision; amendment
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
exclusive; attached to; specialist
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
regular time; stated period
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
as; because; with; due to
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
the very best; excellent; superb
huge rock; firmness; solidity
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
although; though; despite the fact that ...
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
instability; insecurity; crankiness
househusband; stay-at-home dad
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
end; tip; extremities; terminal
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
to well up; to burst; to arise
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)