small number; few; minority
to check; to stop; to keep back
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
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.)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
failure; mistake; blunder
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to jump from one thing to another
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to burrow through; to dig through
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
long ago; a long time ago; already
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
sense of values; values; value system
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to subsist; to keep on living
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to see; to look; to watch; to try to