beginning; outset; first; onset
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
really; truly; indeed; good grief
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
sympathy; compassion; pity
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
rather; sooner; preferably
to talk; to chat; to chatter
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)