dose; installment; instalment
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
semi-transparent; translucent
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
31st day of the month; 31 days
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
remote control; remote operation
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
button (clothing); push-button; button
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
contract; compact; agreement
second (unit of time); arc second
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
desk for a speaker; lectern; rostrum; platform
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of