if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
resignation; acceptance; consolation
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
rather; sooner; preferably
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
cheap article; poor quality article
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
handheld game console; portable game console
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
in the end; on top of that
feeling; sense; impression
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
crown; diadem; bottle cap
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
armband; arm band; brassard
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that