speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
overestimation; overrating; overvaluing
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
comparatively; relatively
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to hand (over); to deliver in person
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
convenient; handy; useful
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
that's the way it is; such is life
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
else; in addition; besides
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
function; facility; faculty; feature