skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
to comb down; to smooth down
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to rage; to run amok; to tear around
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
premature death; untimely death; dying young
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
body donation; (arch.) becoming naked
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
(divine) revelation; divine oracle