direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
ratio; proportion; percentage
to replace; to move; to change the position of
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
had better ...; had better not ...
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
interior; inside; internal
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
servant; manservant; menial
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
close; intimate; on good terms
proposal; offer; request; application
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
return of something; repayment
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose