check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
bishop (chess piece); bishop
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
virile; tough; masculine; intense
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to face; to confront; to be opposite to
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
chair; stool; post; office; position
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
to shave off; to scrape off
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
dukedom; duchy; principality
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
the other day; lately; recently
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
whistle (sound made with the lips)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to take a breath; to take a short rest