unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
to be at a loss how to continue an offensive; to be frustrated by impregnable defences
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
war; battle; match; game; competition
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
without cause; without reason
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
right (in front); directly; properly; normally; honestly; decently
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)