to be pregnant; to be with child
inactive placebo; placebo
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
conception; fertilization; fertilisation
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
some time ago; the other day
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
all night; throughout the night
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
unsettled; pending; unresolved
flight; desertion; escape
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
gentlemanly; gentlemanlike; in the manner of a gentleman
the real criminal; true culprit
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
female farmworker; woman working on a farm; farm woman
guess; conjecture; surmise
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to refer to; to use as reference
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
operator (e.g. telephone)
(telephone) switchboard; switchboard operator
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping