fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
extensive; vast range; wide scope
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
how many people; a number of people
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
beginning; clue; starting point
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
settlement; solution; resolution
time; season; period; phase; stage
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
all you have to do is; just; that's all
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
taste; liking; preference
character building; formation of character; personality development
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
what happens twice will happen thrice
three times; thrice; third (interval)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
work; business; company; study