or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
complete stranger; total stranger
I see; that's right; indeed
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
strength; power; proficiency; ability
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
ex-girlfriend; former girlfriend
to speak; to hear a voice
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
that day; the very same day
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
relatively; comparatively
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
probity check; background investigation
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
spell; charm; incantation; magic word