allotment; apportionment; share; dividend
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
until now; so far; up to the present
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
although I say; although one might say; although called
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
guidance; protective custody
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
forgetting; lapse of memory
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
clear; precise; definite; distinct
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
pointing out; identification
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
massing (of troops); gathering