insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
double; twice (as much); twofold
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to bear fruit; to take effect
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
how long; how much; to what extent
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to increase; to add to; to augment
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
specialization; specialisation
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
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
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
god of death; death deity; Death
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness