innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
only recently; just of late
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
more than usual (usu. time)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
guess; conjecture; surmise
minute; fine; detailed; subtle
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
cessation; (coming to an) end
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
(turned out) all right in the end
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
raw materials; ingredients
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
(not) even once; (not) ever
refining; purification; careful manufacture
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
official name; formal name
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
just because; even if; even though