time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
overconfident; presumptuous
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
so; like this; in this way
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
surely; certainly; without doubt
taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
mysterious power of words to alter reality
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
power; might; authority; influence
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather