enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
that is to say; so that means
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
negative emotions; negative feelings
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
at first; initially; in the beginning
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
quickly; calmly; intently
accomplishment; execution
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
hereabouts; around there; that area
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
ornament; decorative object; figurehead; leader without real power
decoration; ornament; trimmings
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to set up shop; to open a store
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty