touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to understand from experience
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to try to do; to attempt to do
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
living thing; organism; creature; biology
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
failure; mistake; blunder
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
completion; perfection; accomplishment
ultimate; final; last; eventual
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
members; member; constituent
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
interior; inside; internal
monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display