insertion; incorporation; infixing
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to take back; to recapture
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
absorption; suction; attraction
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
bacterium; bacteria; germ
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
trivial; not amounting to much
how long; how much; to what extent
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
decision; judgment; resolution
literally; to the letter; literal
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
what's what; heads or tails