cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
on the right as one faces (it)
smoothly; easily; readily
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
together; mutually; fellow
child born to one's current wife
slope; slanting surface; bevel
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
passage; path; route; one's way
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
residence; housing; residential building
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
vacant house; unoccupied house
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
how long; how far; how much
fifth day of the month; five days
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring