precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
abandoned child; foundling
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
literally; to the letter; literal
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
process; course; mechanism
one by one; one after another; successively
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
in name only; titular; nominal
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to order; to command; to appoint
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to forget completely; to leave behind
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
difference; variation; difference
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy