good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
regular customer; valued client
assistance; help; assist (final pass or cross before a goal)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
unless (you do something)
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
to kill; to beat to death
person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
fusion cutting (of metals); plasma cutting; blowout (of a fuse)
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
to fight each other; to clash
principle; theory; fundamental truth
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
nothing but; none other than
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
stirring; slight movement
quick firing; rapid firing
semi-transparent; translucent
raging flames; roaring flames; raging fire
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch