spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
sons and daughters; children; girl
society; company; the public; the world
hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate
concealment; suppression; hiding
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
transactions; dealings; business
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to one's delight; to one's joy
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
very busy (person or thing)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
stay of execution; suspended sentence
negotiations; discussions; connection
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
the following week; the next week
courteous; decorous; polite
house to house; door to door
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to detain; to check; to restrain
how long; how far; how much
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all