awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
to entrust; to leave to a person
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
reciprocity; mutual benefit
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
tree (e.g. Christmas); tree structure; tree diagram
new menu item; new dish on a menu
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)