grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
fragile article; breakables; broken article
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
reconstruction; rebuilding; restructuring
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
just managing; with great difficulty
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
blow; shock; strike; batting
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
towards the ground; with respect to the ground; ground (speed, attack, etc.)
calm; composed; cool; quiet
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
material; substance; matter
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
calmly; with composure; without fear; without a guilty look; with good grace
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
I don't give a damn; that's got nothing to do with me
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
else; in addition; besides
just now; a little while back; a short time ago