concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to laugh away; to laugh off
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
important documents; important papers
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
such; like that; that sort of; very
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
third day of the month; three days
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
several years; a few years
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
chair; stool; post; office; position