how much; how many; what amount; what extent
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
next; secondly; subsequently
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to find out; to discover; to locate
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
curiosity; inquisitiveness
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
to be at a loss for words
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to think of; to come up with
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to need; to call for; to require
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
sweeping (over, across); conquering; overwhelming
forces of reaction; forces of resistance; opposition forces; opposition elements; resistance force
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
full operation (e.g. of a factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
question; inquiry; enquiry
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place