the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
to wring the neck; to strangle
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
crucial point; perfect chance; golden opportunity
rights to usage of one's likeness
exorcism rite; purification
to stop in the middle of a sentence
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
gifted education; special education for gifted children
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
descendant; posterity; offspring
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
very loud volume; megavolume
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
posterity; future generations
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
entry permission (to a country); landing permission; shore leave
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
work clothes; business suit
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
inhuman person; fiend; beast; brute