concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
comfort; consolation; diversion
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
main cause; primary factor
to refuse; to decline; to deny
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
error of judgment; miscalculation
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
in accordance with; according to
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
people; citizens; subjects; folk
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through