thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
acceleration; speeding up
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to shave off; to scrape off
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
all parts; various parts; every department
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
upper half of the body; upper body
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
inner structure; internal anatomy
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
space (room, area, outer space)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
scenery; scene; landscape
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
large number (of); many; majority