once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
introduction; bringing in; installation; introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
while; even though; despite
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
clearing; cleaning up; clearing; settling (e.g. payment)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
battle formation; military formation
reaching; attaining; arrival
again; once again; yet again
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
naturally; of course; understandably
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!