qualifications; requirements; capabilities
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
than; from; out of; except; but; more
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
stereo (sound); stereo (player, set); stereo; stereophonic
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
discarding; firing (an employee)
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
consequence; outcome; result; blame
you (plural); all of you; you all
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
generation; the world; the age
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
mass; lump; nodule; baby boom generation (of 1947-1949); babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
thunderous roar; roaring sound
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience