start; commencement; beginning; initiation
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
new members (e.g. club); new students; freshman; event to welcome new students, club members, etc. (e.g. welcome party)
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
observation; survey; watching
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
silicon; silicone (oxidized form)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
guardian; protector; patron; parent
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
another's parent; another's parents
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to telephone; to make a phone call
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
nonchalant air; unruffled air
washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom
Mach (number); (at a) fast speed
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)