strength; power; proficiency; ability
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
cooperation; collaboration
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
your highness; your grace; your eminence
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
number one; first; best; most; game; round
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
around the world; throughout the world
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
I see; that's right; indeed
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
of course; certainly; naturally
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing