(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to lay aside; to set aside
great difference; major mistake
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
(someone else's) parents; both parents
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
lightness and heaviness; (relative) weight; (relative) importance; gravity
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
welcome; (warm) reception
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
don't worry about it; forget about it
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
this occasion; at this time; now
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
living thing; living creature; animal; life
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit
along the road; along the way
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
attractive body; nice-looking body
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)
bus on a regular route; fixed-route bus; transit bus