to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
collecting together and buying; doing a big shop
to half-rise to one's feet
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
confidentially; privately; off the record
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
radical party; extremists
banning of books; banned book
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
several times; a few times
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo