two persons; two people; pair; couple
in comparison to; rather than
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
useless; no good; hopeless
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
genuine article; real thing; real deal
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
than; from; out of; except; but; more
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
so; like this; in this way
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
major cleanup; spring cleaning
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
extremely; terrifically; super
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
technique; art; skill; move
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not