to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
area; region; district; locality
had better ...; had better not ...
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
leaving everything up to someone else
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
(doing things at) one's own pace; (doing things) one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
use; utilization; utilisation; application
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
literally; self-explanatorily
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
experiment; experimentation
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money