on a line; on the borderline (between); on the verge (of); on the brink (of)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
stranded wire; strand wire; strand; stranded cable; stranded conductor; twisted wire
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
Fermat; Fellmer; Vellmar (Germany)
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
design concept; design philosophy; basic ideas behind a design
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
huge rock; firmness; solidity
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing