to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
the following week; the next week
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to claim victims; to cause casualties
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to mark the end; to spell the end
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
preference; priority; precedence
family; members of a family
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to keep (a person) waiting
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
transfer; transport; removal
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
just past noon; afternoon
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
sickroom; hospital room; ward
honorific/polite/humble prefix
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
chair; stool; post; office; position
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to rush over; to run up to
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
because of; owing to; due to
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)