notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
thought; consideration; thinking
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
incident; affair; happening; event
without leaving any trace
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo); zaire (currency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
business ability; business acumen
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
several sheets (flat objects)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to put into effect; to put into practice
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools