to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
management; administration; operation
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to pass (of time); to elapse
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
to make oneself available (free)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
breast meat (usu. of chicken); breast; white meat
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
difficult to ...; hard to ...
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted