claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
many; much; plenty; hardly
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
reality; actuality; hard fact
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
is something that; is that which
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
self-torturing; masochistic
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to say no more; to sink into silence
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
numerator; molecule; member; element
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create