contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
judge; judgement; decision; judging (a person, situation, etc.); judgement
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
bento; Japanese box lunch
regret; repentance; remorse
stereo (sound); stereo (player, set); stereo; stereophonic
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
backward somersault; backward roll
to ascend; to go up; to climb
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)