preference; priority; precedence; right of way
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
existence; being; presence
pointing out; identification
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to say no more; to sink into silence
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
next term; next period; next version; next release
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
proper; right; reasonable
putting on the pressure; pushing forward; being pressed; being under pressure
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
meaning; significance; sense
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
timidity; nervousness; being easily intimidated
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
person who enlivens an atmosphere; person who lifts the mood of others; person who inspires a team; life of the party
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like