be that as it may; even so; though that be so
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
nothing but; none other than
on-the-job training; hands-on training
to accept; to receive; to agree
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
acceleration; speeding up
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
making an attempt; trial run
number of times; frequency; count
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
inside; interior; inner part
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
nonsense; (having) terrible taste; unstylish
nothing but; except; no more than
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
that's the way it is; such is life
general term; generic name
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind