pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
the same generation; coeval
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to badger; to pester; to beg
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
extremely; terrifically; super
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
exaltation; emotional uplift
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
group; party; team; squad; section
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
all over; all over the place; everywhere
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
besides; in addition; also; moreover
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?