ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
unmeasurable; impossible to measure
secret; private; surreptitious
restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse
ectogenesis; outside the body
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
excess; surplus; superabundance
illness; condition; -pathy
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
in person; personally; (do) oneself
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick
graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
pregnancy; conception; gestation
to form a pair; to pair up
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group