battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
plural; multiple; several
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
strong interaction; strong force
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
just because; even if; even though
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
still; as yet; as it has been
tendency; trend; inclination
being dotted with; being scattered
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate