accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
getting on and off; embarking and disembarking
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
in one's hands; in one's control
bad influence; negative influence
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
degree of relative priority
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
not necessarily so; is not always true
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
palsy; paralysis; every second solar term (occurring in the latter half of each month)
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
nature of one's business; business instinct