wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
to skip over (while reading); to skim
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
human resources; man-power resources
war; battle; match; game; competition
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
(profound) realization; awareness; one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; (arch.) obtaining (something) unexpectedly
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
self-examination; reflection