to taste; to try (food or drink)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
settlement; solution; resolution
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
silence (not speaking); muteness
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
illegal residence (in a country); illegal stay; illegal overstaying (of a visa)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to grimace; to make a wry face
even if ...; even supposing that ...
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
place; situation; position; location
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate