clear writing; specification
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
mobile home; camper-van; RV
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
manufacturing cost; production cost
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
short supply; supply shortage
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
condition; state (of health); appearance
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
direct control; direct supervision
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
using every trick in the book; using every trick one knows; by one rouse or another; with careful coaxing; carefully (e.g. nursing a damaged vehicle)
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
intelligence operative; spy
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at
with a rattling sound; with a (gentle) clinking sound; rapping (on a door); (cooking) at a simmer; (boiling) gently; (bubbling) lightly