equipment; device; installation; stage setting
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
auto; automatic; auto; automobile; three-wheeler truck; oat
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
whispered conversation; whispering
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
rate of destruction; destruction ratio
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
good old; good old-fashioned
critical hit (esp. in RPGs)
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
utility; (actual) profit; actual benefit; material gain
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
to do over; to remake; to resume
roughly; coarsely; grittily
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable