glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
brothers and sisters; siblings
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
in its entirety; whole; wholly
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
richly colored; richly coloured
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
heating power; thermal power; firepower
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to take away; to carry off
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart