word game; wordplay; playing with words
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
society; public; community; social studies
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
anything and everything; just about everything
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to be pleased with; to suit
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
nothing but; none other than
scenery; scene; landscape
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
embodiment; realization; materialization
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
not yet known; unknown; strange
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort