joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
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
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
Japanese yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
under control (e.g. of territory)
100,000; hundred thousand
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
100,000,000; one hundred million
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago