although there are many of them
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
firm promise; definite promise
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
discovery; detection; finding
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
company name; corporate name
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution