manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement
flavoring; flavouring; spices
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
resultant force
established practice; custom
advanced age; old age
order (esp. to a number of people); command
old person; elderly person; senior citizen
back row; rear rank
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
blast furnace
meritorious deed; services
public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
harbour; harbor
voice
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
guard; convoy; escort
twig; spray
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows
to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to go beyond; to go past
please refrain (from)
hailing each other
ice
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
open air; outdoors; outside
misunderstanding
subsidiary (company)
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
study of foreign languages
shade of a tree; bower
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
small-sized; small-scale; miniature
(small) knife
drying up; running dry
May
gold
small build; small stature; petite
cold wintry wind
interchange
the five senses
river dike
tone; manner of speaking
mincing; chopping finely
cheque; check
customer; client; patron
customer satisfaction
breathing; respiration
respiratory organs
hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to row; to paddle; to scull; to pull (the oars)
quite; very
words and phrases; words