to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
all; entire; whole; altogether
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
substrate; (computer) circuit board
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
many; much; plenty; hardly
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to join together; to combine; to join up
function; facility; faculty; feature
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to