overlapping; piling; stacking
frictional resistance; frictional drag; frictional force
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety confirmation; confirming (something) is safe
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
an assortment; combination
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
short pause; short interval
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
how things should be; the way something ought to be; ideal state; ideal form
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
pride; dignity; self-respect
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)