the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to say; to tell; to state; to do
(death from) starvation; starving to death
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
large number (of); many; majority
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
casualties; the killed and wounded
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
being over one's head (in debt, etc.); being up to one's neck (in debt); being unable to turn one's head
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
foster father; adoptive father
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
shopping; purchased goods
directions; instructions; orders; command
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
preference; priority; precedence
end; tip; extremities; terminal
twentieth day of the month; twenty days