acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
assertion; declaration; affirmation
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
function; facility; faculty; feature
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
interests and preferences
to have an idea; to have a clue
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
retreating figure; appearance from behind
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
just because; even if; even though
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much