to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to make short work of; to eat up quickly
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
will not do; do not; does not
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
retrogression; regression
good-looking; fair; beautiful
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
genuine; authentic; true; real
question; inquiry; enquiry
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
to leave a dish half-eaten
difference; variation; difference
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
in the end; at the end of the day
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
temporary; provisional; interim
to increase; to add to; to augment
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out