fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
woman; female; feminine gender
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
pair; the two; both persons; both things
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
technique; art; skill; move
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice