appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
competent; suitable; qualified
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
even if not; even without
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
Simmonds; Simmons; Simonds; Symonds; Symons
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
society; the world; the times
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
close; intimate; on good terms
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
international; diplomatic intercourse
association; society; organization; organisation
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to name; to call; to christen; to term
collective view (opinion)