to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
duty; obligation; responsibility
to be born; to come into the world
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
weightlessness; zero gravity
decision; judgment; resolution
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
ninth day of the month; nine days
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
topic of discussion; agenda
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
around the world; throughout the world
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
looking on (somebody) as hostile
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
call; summons; convening; convocation
objection; dissent; protest