to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
while; even though; despite
mind-set change; changing one's way of thinking; attitude reform
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
work; business; company; study
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
selection committee member; member of a screening committee
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
maneuvering ground; manoeuvring ground
you (plural); all of you; you all
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
body; physical system; (the) person
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running