hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
defeating in an instant; instant kill
I don't need it; I don't want it
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
don't you think?; indicates question
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to accept; to receive; to agree
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
time; hour; period; class
that is to say; so that means
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
trivial; not amounting to much
for example; for instance; e.g.
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
joke; playfulness; kidding around
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish