watch-keeping; guard; lookout
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
hostility; antagonism; opposition
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
please (give me); please (do for me)
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
background (of a case, incident, etc.)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
adopted daughter; foster daughter