coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
reason; cause; history; origin
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
hard struggle; strenuous effort
unusual space; other dimension
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
restoration; repair; mending
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
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 be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
piece of meat; cut of meat
thickness; profundity; depth
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
(insectile, especially moth) scales
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)