dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
to pry; to prize; to prise
multiplication table; times table
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
trickery; (arch.) fiasco; (arch.) disobedience
new line; new paragraph; newline (e.g. LF, CR, CRLF)
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
broadband; brokers' broker
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
power; authority; jurisdiction
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
notes; comment; remark; annotation
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
to install (a person) in (someone's) place
material for experiments; experimental material
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
personal digital assistant; PDA
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
weightlessness; zero gravity
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
high laced shoes or boots
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
one person; another name; nickname; alias
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances