feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
physical education; PE; gym (class)
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to do for (the sake of someone else)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
the touch of; feel of; texture
prickling; stinging; tingling
sharply; harshly; stingingly
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
several times; several degrees
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson