medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
contract; compact; agreement
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees
election; selection; choice
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
in this way; along these lines; similarly
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
boastful speech; bragging
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
very much; very many; more and more
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to concern; to be related
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
way of speaking; intimation
lowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inner curtain (in a military encampment)
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
forcibly; by force; against one's will
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
not (that), but rather (something else); without