home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to turn towards; to point
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
for a while; for some time; for a period
to lie down; to throw oneself down
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to bury; to embed; to implant
had better ...; had better not ...
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you