obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
fair and square; open and aboveboard
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
indirection; indirectness
to say no more; to sink into silence
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
not necessarily so; is not always true
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
picking; collecting; harvesting
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
establishment; settlement
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to be needed; to be wanted
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal