approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
accomplishment; execution
another thing; exception; special case
not yet known; unknown; strange
unidentifiable; unidentified
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
duty; function; office; mission; task
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
letting (someone) die without helping
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
body; body blow (in boxing)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
everywhere; all over; throughout