betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
first game; first round (of tennis, etc.)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
rather; sooner; preferably
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
frame; framework; outline
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
narrow margin; slim margin
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
hearsay; learning by hearsay
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
around the world; throughout the world
quick-witted; quick to understand
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
suddenly; all of a sudden
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind