poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue; popular; hot
such; like that; that sort of
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
time; season; period; phase; stage
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
one by one; each; every; at intervals of