to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
handsome man; actor in a love scene
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
many; much; plenty; hardly
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
innumerable; countless; numberless
unfinished (letter, text, etc.); drafted (e.g. manuscript); half-written; partially finished
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
interior; inside; internal
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
literature; books (reference); document
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to ascend; to go up; to climb
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)