highest grade; superlative degree
rich; wealthy; affluent; rich (flavour)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
but; however; provided that
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
training; drill; practice; discipline
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to watch over; to watch attentively
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
education; training; discipline
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause