pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
weight training; muscle training
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to watch over; to watch attentively
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
indescribable; having no way to express
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
like this; in this way; as you see
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master