to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
friction; discord; strife
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one