mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
only recently; just of late
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
joint struggle; common (united) front
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
physical education; PE; gym (class)
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
wrestler (esp. a professional wrestler)
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
remaining silent; keeping secret
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
chorus (esp. in Greek drama); choir
grandfather; male senior-citizen
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
blunder; slip; error; error
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
foresight; foreknowledge; divination