technique; art; skill; move
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
sympathy; compassion; pity
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
good feeling; feeling good
a considerable number; a fair number
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
tune (melody, piece of music)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
lack of understanding; lack of sympathy
to laugh away; to laugh off
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
silence (not speaking); muteness
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag