light (e.g. colour, color)
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
good-quality; superior in quality
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
son of a bitch; piece of shit
to beat to death; to kill
standard; set; routine; decided
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
had better ...; had better not ...
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
behind; in the rear; in back
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
farming implement; farm tools
ruler; monarch; sovereign
oppression; tyranny; despotism
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do