theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
tool; implement; means; furniture
distant look; faraway look
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
absorption; suction; attraction
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
with a snap; with a click (beep); shortly; briefly; small
broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
as you see; as you can see
(physical) growth; development
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
vitality; (one's) life force
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to get out of shape; to lose shape
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to pierce through; to break through
unexploded ordnance; unexploded shell; unexploded bomb; UXO
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
conspiracy; collusion; complicity