shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
understood; I see; OK; present; here
demo version (of software); trial version
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
significant; suggestive; insinuating; words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
charm; incantation; spell; curse
way of speaking; intimation
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
unanticipated; unexpected
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
although; but; even though; I wish that
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
innumerable; countless; numberless
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
do-or-die game; crucial contest
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into