consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
difficult to ...; hard to ...
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
literally; to the letter; literal
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
fireball; bolide; fireball
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
bodily sensation; sense; experience
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
instant; moment; for an instant
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
all that one has; all that there is; the whole