certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
inside; interior; inner part
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
rather; sooner; preferably
all times and places; all ages and countries
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to change completely; to change suddenly
courteous; decorous; polite
to be helpful; to be useful
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
your husband; her husband
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
exploitation; overuse; abuse
recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
consequence; outcome; result; blame
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
no!; no no!; no, not at all
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion