showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
such; this sort of; like this
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to win and advance to the next round
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
only; merely; but; no more than
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic