assertion; declaration; affirmation
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
not caring; not giving a damn
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
suppuration; festering; coming to head
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
fever medicine; antipyretic; antifebrile
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be injured; to sustain a wound
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
assortment; product lineup
corridor; hallway; passageway
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
rubbing one's hands together
please; somehow or other; one way or another
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
mediator; go-between; middleman
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
reading too much into (what ... says)
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
position; location; base; point; site