stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
only recently; just of late
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
number of characters; number of letters; word count
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to be prolonged; to drag on
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort