skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
thermal energy; heat energy
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
to begin shooting; to shoot out
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
sad to say; how sad; alas
root; source; origin; cause
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
dozens; scores of; decades
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
miscreant; scoundrel; villain
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
initialization (of a variable); initialisation; formatting (a disk); initialization; initialization (of a device); (factory) reset
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
just because; even if; even though
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to do someone in; to bump someone off
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
waking; waking up; awakening