to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
promotion; raising of status
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
position; location; base; point; site
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
international law; law of nations
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
ago; since; before; previous
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
considerably; fairly; quite
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
moving tale; impressive tale
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
direct control; direct supervision
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)