miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
conscious; deliberate; intentional
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to compete with; to vie for
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to understand from experience
the same rank; equality; apposition
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
distinction; discrimination
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
end of a road; end of a street
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
appearance; figure; shape; form
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)