brilliant; bright; glorious
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
flying; false start; doing something before the scheduled time or date; breaking the street date
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to be at a loss for words
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy