withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to leave as is; to ignore
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
variable; changeable; convertible; controllable
will not do; do not; does not
main battery; main armament
formation (e.g. of aircraft)
this (battle)ship; aforementioned ship
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
aforementioned; above-mentioned
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to throw into; to toss into
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
profitable plan; good plan
if you do this; if this is the case
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
group; bunch; crowd; group
contrary to one's expectations
to shave off; to scrape off
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)