glove (esp. sports); globe
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
innumerable; countless; numberless
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
influence; clout; leverage
few decades; many decades; several decades
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
long; drawn-out; very long
to have a talk; to tell a story
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)