wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
explanation; interpretation
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
gloom; darkness; seclusion
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to be transparent; to show through
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
special measure; special measures
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
root; source; origin; cause
to increase; to add to; to augment
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to join (cloth, wood, etc.)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
practice; practising; experience
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without