to offer for sale; to put on the market
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
comparatively high; fairly expensive
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
runner-up; second (in a race)
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
personal (employee); employed; retained
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
means of transportation; means of transport
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to show signs of; to appear
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
separate case; another matter
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
quickly; swiftly; already; before; long time ago
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood