example; simile; metaphor; allegory
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
chance; opportunity; occasion
order of chivalry; chivalric order
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
McDonald's (fast food restaurant); Mac (personal computer); Macintosh
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
(someone else's) parents; both parents
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
burlesque; low comedy; farce
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of