interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
be (that) as it may; having said that
maximum permissible level or dosage
to affect; to impact; to influence
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
until now; so far; up to the present
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
having said that; on the other hand
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
rather; sooner; preferably
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
and; AND (Boolean operator)
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
oh my god; how; what the; incredible