to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
control; check; restraint; inhibition
freshly grated (e.g. daikon)
root; joint; base; crotch
innocent; cherubic; childlike
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
shameless; shameless person
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
a long time ago; long ago
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
in good health; alive and well; going strong
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)
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
up until now; as recently as the present
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
thickly; stickily; viscously
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
to shave off; to scrape off
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
self-interested show of kindness; acting selfishly under the guise of kindness
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
intensive; concentrated; focused