to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
right beside; close to; nearby
to get distracted; to jump off the track
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
naked person (esp. child)
of tender years; very young
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
hard to get; hard to come by
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
to break down (an opponent's defenses); to defeat; to knock out the opponent's pitcher (with consecutive base hits); to break (an established notion); to refute (e.g. a theory)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
tingling (with pain or numbness); throbbing; stinging; buzzing; chirring; chirping (of insects)
unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
to fall flat; to fall face down
armored corps; armoured corps