pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
to need; to call for; to require
race (of people); type of person
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
postwar period; period after Second World War
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
process; course; mechanism
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
exactly as stated; verbatim
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
error; mistake; slip; bug
guess; conjecture; surmise
to find out; to discover; to locate
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
duty; obligation; responsibility
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip