hard worker; hardworking person
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
war situation; progress of a battle
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
eros; sexual desire; Eros (god); (Platonic) Eros; Eros (asteroid)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
paper plane; paper airplane; paper aeroplane
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
dynamic lift; lifting power
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
raw materials; ingredient
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
according to plan; as planned; on target
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
rewriting; rewrite; fair copy
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
accurate; correct; precise; exact
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again