composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
retry; another try; another go
for example; for instance; e.g.
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
already; now; no longer; not any more
to move forward; to move on
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
by myself; in person; by oneself
to torment; to harass; to tease
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
useless resistance; vain struggle
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
don't you think?; indicates question
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
dozens; scores of; decades
to say no more; to sink into silence
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
expression; look; countenance; face
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
to squeeze out; to wring out