to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
all night; throughout the night
opinion; intention; thought
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
main cause; primary factor
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
duty; obligation; responsibility
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
military officer; naval officer
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time