self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
internal organ; viscera; gut
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
nonviolence; non-harming; ahimsa
rather; sooner; preferably
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
failure; stumbling; setback
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
near; close; beside; third person
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old