adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to dissolve (an organization, company, etc.); to break up; to close down; to scrap (a plan, etc.)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to give off a bad smell; to give off a stench
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to be slippery; to be slimy; (arch.) to behave charmingly; (arch.) to walk merrily
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
cost of repairs; repair costs
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
excess; surplus; superabundance
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
disclosure; exposure; revelation
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
remaining heat; waste heat
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence