candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
absence; disregard; indifference
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
person concerned; interested party; related party
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to discuss; to talk together
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to be touching; to be moving
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons