rather; sooner; preferably
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
counter for rules; rule; regulation
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
bashful; shameful; ashamed
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
again; once more; a second time
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
(made of) stone; stone-built
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
individual; private person; personal; private
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
close to the wall; alongside the wall
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
book; volume; this; present; main; head