fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
aggression; invasion; raid
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
broken; intermittent; disconnected
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
suddenly; all of a sudden
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to tear off; to strip; to rob
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
way (of doing); manner; method; means
manly; masculine; like a man