flexible (of people); open-minded
reduction of armaments; disarmament
excessive supply; oversupply
forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.); artificially hastening the growth of plants (by controlling heat, light, etc.)
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to have a qualification (for)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
accidental death; casualty
lump together; put all together
posterity; future life; life to come
to live; to reside; to inhabit
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
to be frank; to drop all pretense
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking