confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
idle time; down time; window period
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to get angry; to become perverse
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
striking; remarkable; considerable
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to be in danger of; to be liable to
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to keep in mind; to memorize
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
marking; grading; scoring
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
subtracting points; points deducted
form; method; system; formula
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
war; fighting; fierce competition