to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
head start; initiative; preemption
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
ability; performance; efficiency
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to slide into; to slip into
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
work; business; company; study
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
offense and defense; offence and defence
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
perfect; complete; flawless
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)