weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
point of compromise; common ground
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
enterprise; business; company; corporation
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
company; corporation; workplace
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
company president; manager; director
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
materials; data; document
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
of course; certainly; naturally
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
moment by moment; hour by hour
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
student marriage (esp. university, college, etc. students)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
forced repatriation; deportation
outside the country; abroad
news; word; tidings; omen