predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
with a pop; with a squish; grainy; crunchy; bubble wrap; small grains
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
clearing one's throat; cough
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
reopening; resumption; restarting
that day; the very same day
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
shooting down (an aircraft)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
guess; conjecture; surmise
several times (as large, over)
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
familiar spirit; familiar
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty