small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
I see; that's right; indeed
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
already; now; no longer; not any more
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout