stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
unreasonable idea; illogical plan; illogical move (in shogi or go)
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
(political) power; authority; influence
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
to stop in the middle of a sentence
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
young (e.g. young children); of few years
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
isolation; being alone; being friendless
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
remote cause; underlying cause; indirect cause
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender