wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
door; gate; opening; title page
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
family; relatives; dependents; household
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
return to one's country; return to one's hometown