maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
government management; state management
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
exercise to help digestion
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
magic; sorcery; incantation
number one; first; best; most; game; round
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
increase in activity; activation
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
appearance; air; condition; state; form
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
running alongside; pacesetting; accompanying
to pull in (fish); to land
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
loophole; crenel; gun port; porthole