getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
ago; since; before; previous
private citizen; civilian
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
discovery; detection; finding
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
technology; technique; technical
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to some extent; to a certain extent
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
to be profitable; to yield a profit
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished