principal occupation; core business
young girl; lass; adolescent female
being intrusive; intrusive person
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
strategist; tactician; schemer
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination
to be born; to come into the world
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
meteor swarm; meteor shower
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)