feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
secretary (government); director; chief
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
navigation; (car) navigation system; navigator
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
strong and weak points; likes and dislikes; strengths and weaknesses
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
because of; owing to; due to
strategy meeting; council of war
attendance; presence; appearance
sharing; division; draw; tie
riskiness; (level of) danger
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)