devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to face; to confront; to be opposite to
chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
family vacation; family trip
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
illegal; illicit; unlawful
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
successively; one after another
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
government; administration; ministry
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
possession; occupation; occupancy
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career