base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
one meal; one meal (a day)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
playtest (of a game before release); playtesting
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
hating; strongly disliking
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
person who is overly conscious about appearing interesting (esp. online)
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary