tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
difference; variation; difference
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
preservation; retainment; keeping
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
considerably; greatly; a lot
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
exchange of blows; long rally
exactly as stated; verbatim
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
if so; in that case; in that situation
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after