three; three years of age
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
sharply; harshly; stingingly
innumerable; countless; numberless
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
participation; joining; entry; adherence
village headman; village mayor
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
all you want; as much as one wants
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
sales promotion; hard selling
all; entire; whole; altogether
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure