minute adjustment; fine tuning
infants; babies and very young children
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
substitution; replacement; permutation; substitution; displacement
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
critical condition; being on the verge of death
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
maintaining the status quo
refining; refinement; smelting; training
antiquity; the previous era
to issue a manifesto; to appeal
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
while alive; during one's lifetime
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
living person; the living
to be nearing death; to be dying
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
I have nothing to do with it
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain