ostentation; show; affectation
bluff; false show of power; bold front
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
school rules; school regulations
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
hindrance; obstacle; impediment; annoyance (to others); offence; harm
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
to make sense; to be meaningful
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
firm; unshakeable; resolute
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to be satisfied; to be sated; to be satiated
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
hey there; I say; see here
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
high-handed; strong-armed; oppressive; overbearing; coercive
general idea; concept; notion
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
ignition; catching fire; setting on fire
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
dim witted; bird-brained; dullard
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
non-virgin woman; woman with sexual experience
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification