important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
inn town; post town; post-station town
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
chastity; virtue; fidelity
downward adjustment; downward revision
difficult to obtain; difficult to get
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)
basin (e.g. between mountains)
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
level; standard; water level
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
teacher (esp. in Buddhism)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
be (that) as it may; having said that
old couple; elderly couple