reproduction; duplication; reprinting
essence; quintessence; flower; glory
genuine article; real thing; real deal
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
fox with supernatural powers; fox spirit
recovery; undoing; recall
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
continuation; succession; series; continuous
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to feel indebted (to); to feel grateful; to be much obliged
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
delivery; transfer; hand-over
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
to withstand; to be able to endure
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over