to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
source of information; intelligence source; message source
when it becomes; when it comes to
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
bento; Japanese box lunch
considerably; fairly; quite
and so; therefore; for that reason
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
consequently; as a result
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
reaction; response; reaction
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
ringlets; ringlet curls; sausage curls
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
thickly painted; thickly lacquered; impasto
weird; disgusting; sickening
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
gem; jewel; precious stone
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo