proper; respectable; decent; honest
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
be (that) as it may; having said that
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
worthy of special mention
inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
nothing but; none other than
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
leased line; private circuit; private line
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
in person; personally; (do) oneself
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
untouched; unused; intact
small hill; low hill; hillock
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
surface of the earth; ground surface
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
housing district; residential district
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)