decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
to bury; to embed; to implant
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to put someone to work; to make someone work
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
commander; commanding officer; CO
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
country; territory; domain; realm
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
arrangement; pact; agreement
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint