to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
victim; injured party; sufferer
government; administration
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
paragraph; end; stopping place; conclusion
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
total (full-scale) withdrawal; complete pullout (pullback)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
stay of execution; suspended sentence
immediately; right away; on the spot
uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness
clear writing; specification
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
review; reconsideration; revision
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch