artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
whether or not; presence or absence
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
dragon god; dragon king; naga
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; (lit.) catching neither the horsefly nor the bee
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
within; inside of; less than
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
access (to a place, esp. using public transport); access (to a website, data, etc.)
home page (of a website or browser); homepage; web page; website
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
weekly report; weekly bulletin
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers