since when; from when; how long
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
arbitrator; mediator; go-between
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
this is why; this means; it is the case that
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
stating (one's views); expressing
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
directions; instructions; orders; command
practical question (problem); practical matter
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
orders; instructions; directive; command
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
in good health; alive and well; going strong
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to overdo; to do too much