rather; better; instead; if anything
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
to need; to call for; to require
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
why; how; for what reason
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
by myself; in person; by oneself
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
had better ...; had better not ...
troublesome; annoying; complicated
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy