heart; guts; nerve; central part
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
normalcy; normality; normal
judgment; judgement; discernment
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
benighted lands outside of imperial influence
main force; chief object; mainline
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
at a stroke; with a single swoop
extermination; annihilation
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
gender; distinction of sex; sex
womanly; ladylike; feminine
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
be on your guard!; take care!
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
of no interest; not interested