formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to return to normal; to recover; to restore
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
otherwise; or else; if not
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
from the beginning; from scratch
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
versatility; multiplicity of use
in the meanwhile; during the time
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
abuse; misuse; perversion
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
bolt from the blue; great surprise
several weeks; a few weeks
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
if you think about it; come to think of it
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
although I say; although one might say; although called
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field