expert; skilled hand; person of experience
to finish; to end; to close
preparation; provision; guarding
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
strong interaction; strong force
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
established practice; custom
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
connection; link; relationship
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
separate case; another matter
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
intelligence or information network
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
degree of familiarity; popularity
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
release; liberation; acquittal
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
partly open; in half bloom
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
to blow out; to spout out
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)