breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
something like ...; something called ...
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
bad influence; negative influence
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
transactions; dealings; business
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
physical education; PE; gym (class)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
maintenance; preservation; improvement
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability