female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
upper side (go, chess, othello board)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
master; teacher; stable master
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
that is to say; so that means
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
how long; how much; to what extent
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
pride; dignity; self-respect
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
hand used like a sword in striking
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
all (there is); as long as there is
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
different opinion; objection
reopening; resumption; restarting