odds and ends; all; every
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
than; from; out of; except; but; more
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
had better ...; had better not ...
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
schedule; program; programme; agenda
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
it is not (like that) either
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
two times; twice; two degrees
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