rationalist; practically minded person; pragmatist
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
quickly; swishing; whooshing
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
health; healthy; sound; fit
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
excessive drinking and eating; overeating and overdrinking
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
this and that; various things
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to make one's own; to take possession of
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
personal; individual; private
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
by sheer strength; by brute force
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana