rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
story; tale; talk; discussion
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
number of persons; personnel
but; however; provided that
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
any more; any further; any better; any longer
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
way; method; means; (technical) specification
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound