or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
time; season; period; phase; stage
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
surgery; surgical procedure
at that time; in those days
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
bet; wager; stake; gamble
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
eardrum; tympanic membrane
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)