staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
sphere; circle; range; category
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to come and go; to go back and forth
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
hotel charge; lodging expense
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
commerce; trade; business
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
sharing a room; dormitory room; match between wrestlers from the same stable
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let