(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
consideration; taking into account
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
commitment; pledge; promise
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to ask a question; to ask questions
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
health; healthy; sound; fit
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
secret; private; surreptitious
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty