quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
consequence; outcome; result; blame
conviction; belief; confidence
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
author; writer; novelist; artist
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
one's last hope; one's only hope; the last hope
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
second; number two; runner-up
continuation; succession; series
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
almost; roughly; approximately
to some extent; to a certain extent
influence; clout; leverage
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way