tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
chance (of success); odds
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
proposal; proposition; suggestion
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
considerably; fairly; quite
high efficiency; high performance
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
bank; weir; embankment; levee
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
camera shake compensation; image stabilization; input stabilization (touchscreen, pen, etc.)
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute