live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
please; somehow or other; one way or another
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
only; merely; but; no more than
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
purchase price; unit purchase price
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
such ... as; or some such
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that's the way it is; such is life