et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
appearance; figure; shape; form
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to become misty; to become hazy
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
event; phenomenon; matter
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to put into effect; to put into practice
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
mineral dust; mine dust; fine particles; dust
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit