polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
not worth considering; out of the question
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
sympathy; compassion; pity
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to press a question; to cross-examine
steering (of a boat); steerage
indescribable; having no way to express
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
results (of a study or investigation)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season
offender; criminal; culprit
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
anyone can see that; it's obvious that