most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope
pleasant feeling; good vibes
to have a deep grudge; to bear deep resentment towards someone
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
reason; cause; circumstances
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
relation; relative; kind; cordial
essence; true nature; substance; reality
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
four (long cylindrical things)
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm