template; run of the mill; formulaic
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
difficult to ...; hard to ...
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to become pale; to turn pale
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
going to and fro; back and forth
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
(doing something) in tears
advance; moving forward; progress
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation