change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
plural; multiple; plural (number)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
technical skill; ability; capacity
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
genius; prodigy; natural gift
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
turn; turn (melodic ornament); turn (in a game)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
visualization; visualisation
ghost; spirit; apparition; spiritual body; causal body
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious