to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
difficult to ...; hard to ...
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
rationality; reasonableness
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
originally; by nature; from the start
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post
child prodigy; wonder child
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
neighbourhood; neighborhood
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
number one; first; best; most; game; round
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity