insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
main force; chief object; mainline
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
interview (e.g. for a job)
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
outsider; someone outside of a group
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
to have meaning; to be meaningful
voice recognition; speech recognition
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
I see; that's right; indeed
protector (e.g. chest); guard
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
numerator; molecule; member; element
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable