to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
bombshell announcement (statement)
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
than; other than; except; but
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
stirring; rousing oneself
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
twice; again; second time
long ago; a long time ago; already
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
dispersing; breaking up; running away
seeing one off; farewell; escort
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
having high information content; informative
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation