surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
that is to say; so that means
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
about the same; about equal to; close match
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
tedious; boring; being fed up with
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to spend time (on doing something)
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
forcibly; against one's will
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
aforementioned; above-mentioned
counterfeit goods; knock-off; imitation
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward