securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
flight; desertion; escape
how; in what way; by what means
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
of course; certainly; naturally
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to be in danger of; to be liable to
bureau director; office chief
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to look down on; to make light of