lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
contradiction; inconsistency
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
influenced (by); under an influence
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
smallish; on the small side
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to smash violently; to crush
to make a breakthrough; to break ground
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
genuine; authentic; true; real
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
shady; underhanded; questionable
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to tear up and throw away
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
armor and helmet (armour)
military forces; hosts; troops
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)