main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
at a stroke; with a single swoop
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
(distinction of) sex; gender
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; negligence is the enemy
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
more than usual (usu. time)
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 regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
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 likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to dye; to colour; to color
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle