only recently; just of late
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
to play with; to toy with; to tease
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
way (of doing); manner; method; means
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; (lit.) tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
great person; eminent figure
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
pride; boast; credit (to)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to amuse oneself; to make merry
to be hesitant; to feel timid
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby