to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
under control (e.g. of territory)
originally; by nature; from the start
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
government service; the bureaucracy
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
(not) even once; (not) ever
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
income; receipts; revenue
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
by means of; due to; because of; according to
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
administrator; director; commissioner
alone; by oneself; on one's own
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
since one was born; (in) all one's life
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
village headman; village mayor
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
time; season; period; phase; stage
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when