fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
to be mad; to go mad; to go insane
all things in nature; the whole creation
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
what the hell?; what are you going on about?; what the hell are you doing?; you've got to be kidding
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
configuration (e.g. of a computer or file); user preferences; system environment; environment setting
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass; cat teaser (cat toy); kitty teaser
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
decoration; ornamental item; decompensated congestive heart failure
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
strict order; peremptory command
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; (public) hearing
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering