no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
library (usu. single-room); small library
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
with a friendly grin; smilingly
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
paper; note; document; bill
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
alteration; falsification; faking
influence; effect; impact
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
(act of) violence; vicious crime; murder
alone; by oneself; on one's own
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
sign; indication; omen; symptom
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...