title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
discipline; training; teaching manners
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
to blow off; to be blown off
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
close; intimate; on good terms
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
initialization; initialisation; formatting; resetting
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring