it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
settlement; solution; resolution
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
such; like that; that sort of
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
why; how; for what reason
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to shoot dead (with an arrow)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
rather; better; instead; if anything
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
even so; anyhow; at any rate
trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy