war; battle; match; game; competition
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
much less; to say nothing of
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
be (that) as it may; having said that
just a handful; only a small number (of)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
public and private; official and personal; government and people
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
coincident with; while; simultaneously
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
reasoning; logic; persuasion
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
power; authority; jurisdiction
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing