serious condition; critical condition
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
replacement; substitution; rebuilding; changing
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
to be filled to bursting; to burst
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
to become desperate; to give in to despair
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to soothe and humor; to coax
rebirth; new birth; nascent
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
elaborate; exquisite; detailed
overrunning (the base); overrun (e.g. on a runway); overshoot
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
to underrate; to make light of
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
no problem; piece of cake
nothing but; none other than
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
as stated; verbatim; literally
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
proposal; motion; recommendation
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid