specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
act of mercy; helping another person
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
empirical; from experience
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
in succession; one after another
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to live; to make a living; to get on with
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
plural; multiple; several
mixed race; mixed parentage
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
race (of people); type of person
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
curious; strange; unusual
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)