ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
smallish; on the small side
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
offender; criminal; culprit
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
leader of a delegation (body, party)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
unspecified large number (of people)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to recall; to remember; to recollect
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
grasp; catch; understanding
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
counter for choices, options, etc.