beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
thruster (e.g. on a satellite)
to cut apart; to split; to divide; to cut open
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
existence; being; life; survival
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
anything and everything; just about everything
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination; reclassification
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly