plan; scheme; intention; project; design
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute; conflict
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
sleeping; feeling sleepy; beddy-bye
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant
karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands
several years; a few years
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in
neglecting; leaving alone
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
shunning; ostracism; exclusion; flick (of one's finger; to express disgust, scorn, disapproval, etc.)
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
parent-child relationship
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
biological parent; real parent
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
end of war; cessation of hostilities
outline; summary; argument
to despair of; to see the vanity of
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
burning at the stake; burning to death
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
while alive; during one's lifetime
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis