guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
to talk; to chat; to chatter
whichever one chooses; either way
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
something like ...; something called ...
to distribute; to hand out
next; secondly; subsequently
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
automatic; intransitive verb
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
research; study; investigation
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary