to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
region; limits; stage; level
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
production output; number of goods manufactured
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
heap; pile; stack; full measure
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
such; like that; that sort of; very
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
old soldier; veteran; old hand
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
surroundings; environs; circumference
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
ten; 10; ten years of age
throng; gathering of people
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
next generation; future generation
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration