pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
to lead someone around by the nose
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
founder of a religious sect
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
child; offspring; issue; sperm; (one's) seed
posterity; future life; life to come
person of doubtful origin
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
at the last moment; this late in the game
around the world; throughout the world
religious organization; religious organisation
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to be born; to come into the world
reproachful; hateful; bitter
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
(right at the) side; just beside
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to rain incessantly; to downpour
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
main force; chief object; mainline
to have a hard time of it
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind