foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
something; some kind of; for some reason
making money; making a profit
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
good-looking; fair; beautiful
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
to go out and away; to leave
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to be needed; to be wanted
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
cares; ill feeling; reserve
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense