in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
making practical; making useful; implementing
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
development; exploitation
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to take command; to give direction
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
at first; in the beginning; originally
medical care; medical treatment
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
function; facility; faculty; feature
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)