insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
both; both sides; both parties
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to defy conventional wisdom
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
that is to say; so that means
literally; to the letter; literal
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
two by two; by twos; as a couple
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
change; alteration; modification
contradiction; inconsistency
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
when it comes to; concerning
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
firm; strong; solid; stable
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)