intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
strongest ever; most powerful in history
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
intenseness; violence; severity; vehemence; keenness
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
punching bag (boxing); training bag; sandbag
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
all but dead; half killed
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
near oneself; close to one; familiar
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out