to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
difficult to ...; hard to ...
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
in case of; at that time; at this time
observation; survey; watching
meaning; significance; sense
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
individual differences; personal equation
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
material; substance; matter
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
general; popular; common; typical
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
of course; certainly; naturally
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to join together; to combine; to join up
to take over; to hand over
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
in that manner; like that
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand