have to do; must; should; ought to
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
official announcement; proclamation
not officially announced; non-public; unpublished
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
probability; likelihood; chances
lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician); Ms; Mrs; Miss
(another's) daughter; young lady
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
poly-; polyethylene; polyphony (of an electronic keyboard, etc.); police; police officer
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
election campaign strategy; election tactics
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
three; three years of age
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
since; henceforth; ever since
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
to squeeze out; to wring out
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
awareness; realization; noticing
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
two halves of the whole; two wheels on which everything rolls
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
key word; key phrase; clue; keyword; search term; index term