offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
load; loading; weight (of a load)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
attendance; participation; presence
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
memorial address; words of condolence; funeral oration; eulogy
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to compete with; to vie for
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student