coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
diplomatic; diplomatically
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to turn towards; to point