foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
you could say; you might say; verging on the
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
exploitation; overuse; abuse
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
charging a gun (with gunpowder); charge of gunpowder
to increase; to add to; to augment
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
deadly serious; deadly earnest
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover; overturning; toppling
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
still better; even better
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise