high-pitched tone; soprano
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
to express (in words); to confess
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly
if so; in that case; in that situation
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
linking; linkage; associating (information); connecting
symptomatic therapy; allopathy; makeshift solution; stopgap measures; temporary expedient
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
inundating a castle; flooding a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply
the front; honest; upright; decent
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
pressure; oppression; suppression
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
you could say that; that might be so
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack