to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
to be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse; to give an inch; to make a concession; to concede a point
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)