cruise; navigation; sailing
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
Island; insula; island; islet
coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)
schedule; program; programme; agenda
shaman; Sherman (WW2 tank)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
hereditary system; hereditary succession
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
partly open; in half bloom
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to mistake (A for B); to misread
reading partway; leaving half-read
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
technical book; specialized book; treatise
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to get between; to be caught in
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
plastic sleeve (documents); sheet protector; clear file
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
one person; another name; nickname; alias
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
way; method; means; resource; course
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it